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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Musk’s X Against Nonprofit Researchers Tracking Hate Speech

U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer dismissed the suit, writing in his order that it was “unabashedly and vociferously about one thing” — punishing the nonprofit for its speech.

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Musk’s X Asks Judge To Penalize Researchers Tracking Rise of Hate Speech on Platform

The social media platform sued the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate for documenting the increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk Restores X Account of Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones

It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X, formerly Twitter, over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads.

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Musk’s X Sues Liberal Advocacy Group Media Matters Over Its Report On Hate Groups’ Posts

Advertisers have been fleeing the site formerly known as Twitter over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the platform.

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IBM Pulls Ads From Elon Musk’s X Following Report on Antisemitic Posts on the Platform

Musk has faced accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on X, and the content on the platform has gained increased scrutiny since the war between Israel and Hamas began.

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Elon Musk’s X, Formerly Twitter, Sues California Over Content Moderation Transparency Law

Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter has sued the state of California over a law requiring social media companies to publish their policies for removing offending material such as hate speech, misinformation and harassment.

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First Amendment Protects ProPublica’s Publication of IRS Documents

There is no question that ProPublica's story on billionaires' income taxes drew a lot of attention. But could they get in trouble for publishing it?

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Cleared of Defamation In Suit Brought By British Cave Explorer

On December 6th, a jury in Los Angeles found that Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk had not defamed a British cave explorer when Musk called him a “pedo guy” on Twitter. Vernon Unsworth sued Musk in July 2018 after the two publicly disagreed about the rescue attempts for a soccer team who was trapped in a cave system in Thailand.

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