LONDON: A US judge on Monday dismissed X Corp’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized a rise in hate speech on the social media platform once known as Twitter since Elon Musk took it over.
US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted the dismissal request by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, saying it appeared that Musk targeted the nonprofit because he didn’t like what it stood for.
“It is impossible to read the complaint and not conclude that X Corp. is far more concerned about CCDH’s speech than it is its data collection methods,” Breyer wrote in a 52-page decision.
X had sued the nonprofit last July, saying it breached its user contract by improperly scraping and cherry-picking data to create false and misleading reports that Musk let X become a haven for hate speech, extremism and other misinformation.
According to the complaint, the nonprofit’s “scare campaign” was intended to drive away advertisers, and caused tens of millions of dollars in damages.
X’s lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Lawyers for the Center for Countering Digital Hate had no immediate comment.
Musk’s X Corp. loses lawsuit against hate speech watchdog
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Musk’s X Corp. loses lawsuit against hate speech watchdog
- Social media platform accused Center for Countering Digital Hate of falsifying reports to justify rise in hate speech
Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon
- The Israeli military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Monday that an Israeli strike in the country’s south killed TV presenter Ali Nour Al-Din, who worked for the group’s affiliated Al-Manar television station.
The group said the killing portends “the danger of Israel’s extended escalations (in Lebanon) to include the media community.”
The Israeli military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire in 2024 to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which culminated in Israeli strikes that severely weakened the Iran-backed militant group. Since then, the sides have traded accusations over ceasefire violations.
Lebanon has faced growing pressure from the US and Israel to disarm Hezbollah. The group’s leaders fear that Israel could dramatically escalate strikes across the battered country, aiming to push the Lebanese government for quicker action to confiscate Hezbollah’s arsenal.
