Elon Musk’s lawyers are threatening the Center for Countering Digital Hate with legal action for exposing Twitter’s failure to tackle hate speech. Here’s CCDH’s response.

“Last week we got a letter from Elon Musk’s X. Corp threatening CCDH with legal action over our work, exposing the proliferation of hate and lies on Twitter since he became the owner. Elon Musk’s actions represent a brazen attempt to silence honest criticism and independent research in the desperate hope that he can stem the tide of negative stories and rebuild his relationship with advertisers.”

[With apologies to anyone who dislikes endless Musk/Huffman spam in this community. I put it here because misusing the law to silence independent tech researchers this has wider implications.]

DarraignTheSane
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But all the Musk bros told me he’s a “free speech absolutist”

Betty White In HD
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Musk: Free for me NOT thee.

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“Absolutist,” according to him, meant within the laws of whatever country it was operating in. So, ‘free speech’ North Korean style is something he favors.

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