Elon Musk, the owner of X, sent a letter to the Center Countering Digital Hate threatening to sue the organization. CEO Imi_Ahmed says CCDH's work is important and bullying behavior won't stop it.
? He is trying to silence the independent researchers at CCDH who are shining a light on the situation.
Musk and his legal team have engaged in an aggressive campaign to intimidate, bully and silence CCDH, includingOn July 20, Musk cold-called my organization’s board chair and demanded a conversation, giving him a deadline of two hours to respond. Later that same day, a law firm representing Musk sent a letter threatening a lawsuit against us based on the “fanciful”that “CCDH intends to harm Twitter’s business” and that we have violated a law created to prohibit false advertising.
He has accused us of working for his competitors, or for foreign governments, even though we’ve publishedand even though we aren’t funded by any government or social media company. X’s legal threat is a brazen attempt to silence honest criticism and independent research, perhaps in a desperate hope that it can stem the tide of negative stories and rebuild the company's relationship with advertisers.
Advertisers have the right to decide not to be associated with something known to be harmful and toxic.and toxic. Musk is targeting CCDH because we reveal the truth about the spread of hate and disinformation on the social media platform during his ownership, and his bottom line is taking a hit.” that attempts to intimidate and silence us. In our letter we promise that we will continue to hold accountable social media companies that spread hate and disinformation to the public.
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