A judge tossed Elon Musk's Twitter lawsuit against a research group that reported Nazis on the site, ruling it was an attempt to punish free speech.
— against the Center for Countering Digital Hate , an anti-extremism watchdog. The group had drawn the ire of the company’s owner,had exploded on the platform since his takeover in 2022. Musk’s suit, filed in July 2023, claimed that the CCDH was responsible for an advertiser exodus from the site.
The CCDH had moved to strike X’s claims under California’s law on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation , which is meant to curtail intimidatory suits from individuals or entities trying to silence critics, and a motion to dismiss the case entirely. Breyer agreed to both, also ruling that X could no longer amend its filing to extend the case.
“Throughout Elon Musk’s loud, hypocritical campaign of harassment, abuse, and lawfare designed to avoid taking responsibility for his own decisions, CCDH has remained quietly confident in the quality and integrity of our research and advocacy,” said CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed in aon Monday. “It is now abundantly clear that we need federal transparency laws, as the EU, U.K.
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