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Subject: Re: a "free speech absolutist"
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:13:25 -0400
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JAB wrote:
> Lawsuit by Elon Musk's X was an attempt to punish free speech, judge
> rules
> 
>      A US judge threw out a suit X filed, saying it was about
> "punishing the defendants for their speech."
> 
>      It had sought millions in damages from a research group that found
> a rise in hate speech on X.
> 
>      X CEO Elon Musk has said a similar "thermonuclear" lawsuit is
> about "protecting free speech."
> ...
> ...
> In its complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, X
> argued that the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate violated
> the platform's terms of service in gathering data for reports that
> documented a significant increase in hate speech on X following Musk's
> takeover.
> 
> The company claimed the CCDH was responsible for "tens of millions of
> dollars" in damages due to lost advertising revenue and the expense of
> internal investigations.
> 
> But Breyer wrote "there can be no mistaking" that the real motive of
> the suit was to bully X's critics into silence.
> 
> The decision cited a survey that found "social media researchers have
> canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X" as a
> result of Musk's policies as CEO.
> 
> 
> https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-throws-out-hate-speech-lawsuit-elon-musk-x-2024-3

Says (((Breyer))) the filthy Jewdge.

Musk should have made clear that the "Center for Countering Digital Hate",
which, in my opinion, should have their offices shot up, was being sued for
tortious interference.