X Suing Research Company For Conspiracy to Drive Off Advertisers

X Suing Research Company , For Conspiracy to Drive Off Advertisers .

On July 31, Elon Musk's X Corp, the recently renamed Twitter, filed a lawsuit accusing researchers in the United Kingdom of unlawfully accessing data.

NBC reports that the lawsuit also accuses the British researchers of selectively picking posts to portray a rise in hate speech on the platform in the wake of Musk's 2022 takeover.

The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published the contested report in June.

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According to the group, Twitter failed to act on 99% of hate posted by 100 different Twitter Blue accounts.

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The CCDH has also questioned whether algorithms boost "toxic tweets" on the popular social media platform.

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The organization also accused Twitter of failing to act on anti-Jewish hate speech and 97% of anti-Muslim posts.

According to X, the CCDH used data that it didn't legally possess to , “falsely claim it had statistical support showing the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content.” .

The lawsuit is seeking a jury trial, monetary damages and for CCDH to be blocked from accessing data provided by X to social media listening platform Brandwatch.

On July 20, X sent a letter to the CCDH alleging that the group had conspired , “to drive advertisers off Twitter by smearing the company and its owner.”.

In response, Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the CCDH, released a statement saying that Musk was , "showing he will stop at nothing to silence anyone who criticizes him for his own decisions and actions.”