X sues hate speech tracker over Twitter reports

Musk-owned X accused CCDH of generating ‘flawed’ studies that have cost the tycoon's tech firm tens of millions of dollars, a copy of the lawsuit showed. However, the legal basis outlined in the suit filed in San Francisco late on July 31, 2023, was an accusation that the nonprofit violated X's terms of service in the way it accessed data for its reports. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: X is suing a nonprofit group in US federal court over reports that hate speech has flourished at the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Elon Musk-owned X accused the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) of generating “flawed” studies that have cost the tycoon’s tech firm tens of millions of dollars, a copy of the lawsuit showed.