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Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

apnews.com Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

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apnews.com /article/elon-musk-lawsuit-cchd-twitter-x-hate-speech-extremism-434a80631f9e76833ee30387c04dd290

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I don't know. I dislike Musk as much as anyone but this NGO isn't transparent about their funding and the people involved are way too involved in shitty UK think tanks and politics to not consider them as part of a campaign to reign in on actual free speech in the name of "protecting people from harm".
Stuff like that should be grass roots and not a "yeah we're funded by private philanthropist institutions but we don't disclosure which ones" op.
Nothing about these people feels legit.
- You don't have to invoke deep state shady interests when it comes to Musk's Twitter. We've all witnessed the rise of hateful content since he's in charge. Some just bothered to gather the numbers to make a statement.
  Even if Bezos and Zuck (or anyone you can think of) ordered the research it doesn't change anything to the really. It's simply irrelevant against facts.
- But does it really matter if they provide real evidence that backs up their research?
  
  Yes, because you can still cherry pick results, studies, sources and skew data.
  
  This is where you use the scientific method to counter-argument their claims, not the court.
  Threatening to sue is just another attempt at censorship, ironic from someone so free speech.
  
  Their "evidence" is garbage. Their entire research is based on them saying that the word "groomer" is "hate speech".

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