Posted 2/29/2024, 10:37:30 PM
Judge Seems Poised to Toss Lawsuit Against Nonprofit That Flagged Hate Speech on X
- Federal judge appears likely to dismiss lawsuit by Elon Musk's X against nonprofit that found hate speech spreading on site
- X sued Center for Countering Digital Hate for improperly scraping data to prepare reports on hate speech proliferation
- Judge highly skeptical of case, questioned why it was brought at all as potential violation of First Amendment
- X seeking damages, arguing center's findings led advertisers to flee site; but had burden to show financial loss was "foreseeable"
- Judge noted X could have brought defamation case but didn't; suggests company knows nonprofit's findings are factual