Judge Dismisses Musk Lawsuit Against Group Tracking Twitter Hate Speech

• Judge dismisses Elon Musk's "vapid" lawsuit against non-profit group that cataloged racist content on Twitter since his acquisition

• Judge questions why Musk didn't file defamation suit if he felt group was making false, damaging claims

• Musk sued group for "unlawfully accessing data," but judge sees true purpose as censoring speech criticizing Musk

• Group calls lawsuit an attempt to bury them in legal costs for doing research on rise of hate speech on Twitter under Musk

• Ruling comes amid Musk lawsuits against other researchers monitoring hate speech as advertisers flee Twitter over content issues