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Twitter Threatens Legal Action Against Nonprofit That Tracks Hate Speech
New York Times ^ | July 31, 2023 | Sheera Frenkel and Ryan Mac

Posted on 07/31/2023 8:37:54 AM PDT by lowbridge

Elon Musk has over the last year threatened legal action against tech competitors, employees and people who use Twitter, which he owns. Now he is also taking aim at an organization that studies hate speech and misinformation on social media.

X Corp., the parent company of the social media company, sent a letter on July 20 to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that conducts research on social media, accusing the organization of making “a series of troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically” and threatening to sue.

The letter cited research published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate in June examining hate speech on Twitter, which Mr. Musk has renamed X.com. The research consisted of eight papers, including one that found that Twitter had taken no action against 99 percent of the 100 Twitter Blue accounts the center reported for “tweeting hate.” The letter called the research “false, misleading or both” and said the organization had used improper methodology.

The letter added that the center was funded by Twitter’s competitors or foreign governments “in support of an ulterior agenda.”

Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of Center for Countering Digital Hate, said, “Elon Musk’s actions represent a brazen attempt to silence honest criticism and independent research.” He added that Mr. Musk wanted to “stem the tide of negative stories and rebuild his relationship with advertisers.”

The center also said it did “not accept any funding from tech companies, governments, or their affiliates.”

Twitter’s advertising business has been struggling under the ownership of Mr. Musk, who bought the company last year. U.S. ad revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a year earlier.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: twitter
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1 posted on 07/31/2023 8:37:54 AM PDT by lowbridge
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2 posted on 07/31/2023 8:38:49 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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Prog echo chamber...

“Popular topics
Here are CCDH’s latest trending areas of research, investigation, and advocacy.

Anti-vaxx misinformation
Antisemitism
Child safety
Climate change misinformation
STAR Framework

Through CCDH’s STAR Framework, we aim to establish key global standards for social media reform to ensure effectiveness, connectedness and consistency for a sector whose reach impacts people globally.

We need to reset our relationship with technology companies and collectively legislate to address the systems that amplify hate and dangerous misinformation around the globe. The STAR Framework draws on the most important elements for achieving this: Safety by Design, Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility.”

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Yep, just another pack of progs sticking their noses in everyone else’s business.

No one asked them, no one wanted them but there they are, here to keep you safe from “online hate and disinformation.”

Who decides what is and what is not “online hate and disinformation?”

Well, they do because they are sooo smart.

Just ask them...

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3 posted on 07/31/2023 9:01:58 AM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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“Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of Center for Countering Digital Hate...”

So, at heart the org is a Mooselimb empathy generator. “Oh, poor us. Just look how imposed upon we haters are. Oh, what to do. What to do.”

“...brazen attempt to silence honest criticism...”

ROFLOL! This snake lies like all of its predecessors.

The center also said it did “not accept any funding from tech companies, governments, or their affiliates.”

Not DIRECTLY, anyway. Give us time; we’ll dig up all the bagmen who laundered the donations.


4 posted on 07/31/2023 9:16:00 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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So just another SPLC or Media Matters leftwing group.

Who monitors them?

PS: What is the ad revenue for the NY Slimes over the years? /spit


5 posted on 07/31/2023 9:20:36 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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I believe that only US Citizens have a right to vote in this country. That’s my hate speech for today...


6 posted on 07/31/2023 9:41:59 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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Like it as not, if HATE isn’t freed to speak its mind, there is No Freedom of Speech.


7 posted on 07/31/2023 10:12:15 AM PDT by threefinger
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8 posted on 07/31/2023 11:14:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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When spoke about the “protected”, TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.


9 posted on 08/02/2023 6:56:26 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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That’s spoken, of course.


10 posted on 08/02/2023 7:04:37 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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