{"id":1986969,"date":"2023-07-31T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-threatens-lawsuit-against-researchers-who-reported-rise-in-hate-speech-on-x\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:28:26","slug":"musk-threatens-lawsuit-against-researchers-who-reported-rise-in-hate-speech-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-threatens-lawsuit-against-researchers-who-reported-rise-in-hate-speech-on-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk warns of legal action over hate speech study on X."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-threatens-lawsuit-against-researchers-who-reported-rise-in-hate-speech-on-x%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo illustration of the new Twitter logo \u2063on July\u200b 24, 2023 \u2063in London, England. Elon Musk has revealed today a new logo for Twitter, which\u200c constitutes the \u2062letter \u2018X\u2019 as\u200d part of a rebrand \u200dof the \u200dcompany. \u2063(Photo Illustration \u200cby Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah Herring<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>12:25\u2064 PM\u2062 \u2013 Monday, July 31, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Elon Musk threatened to sue an organization that researches\u200d misinformation on social media, accusing that it lied about X, previously known as Twitter, about hate speech on the platform. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>An attorney representing X wrote to \u200cthe Center for \u2062Countering Digital Hate on July 20<sup>th<\/sup>, threatening a lawsuit due to the research \u2062published\u200d regarding the\u200b site\u2019s hate speech and content\u200c moderation. <\/p>\n<p>The letter \u200calso accused the organization of making \u201ca series of troubling and \u200cbaseless claims that appear calculated to harm X generally, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-threatens-lawsuit-against-researchers-who-reported-rise-in-hate-speech-on-x\/\" title=\"Musk warns of legal action over hate speech study on X.\">digital advertising business specifically<\/a>,\u201d as well as receiving funds from some of X\u2019s competitors to publish \u200cthe report.<\/p>\n<p>Musk is a self-professed free speech advocate \u2062and has reinstated many banned accounts since his \u200cpurchase of the company, including Former President\u2062 Donald\u200d Trump.\u00a0Despite the move to promote\u2063 free speech, far-left\u200d critics\u200c have attacked Musk for inciting hate speech and misinformation on the platform. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cElon Musk wants to silence his \u200ccritics so he\u2063 can continue to give a megaphone to\u200b hate and misinformation while\u2064 avoiding\u2063 the consequences,\u201d CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed\u2064 posted on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CCDH is a \u200dnonprofit organization that operates out\u2063 of\u2064 the\u2064 U.S. and United Kingdom. The\u2063 nonprofit regularly \u200dcrafts reports \u200bon hate speech, extremism, or \u200dharmful\u200d behavior on \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In the past, the\u200c organization has \u2064published\u200c several reports criticizing Musk\u2019s leadership, highlighting\u200b a reported increase\u200b in\u200d anti-LGBTQ hate speech \u200bas well as \u201cclimate misinformation\u201d since\u2064 his purchase of the site.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good question. This\u200c appears to be \u2062foreign government interference. <\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t \u200bwait\u200b to get their donors under \u2062deposition!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1686057419602903057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ahmed \u200dhas stated that \u2063he \u2063is worried about X\u2019s response to \u200bthe center\u2019s work claiming it could frighten \u2064other\u2064 researchers away from studying the social\u200c media platform. He\u2062 also stated he is worried other social media sites \u2064will \u2063copy\u200d this strategy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis\u2063 is an unprecedented escalation by a social\u2064 media company against independent \u200cresearchers. Musk\u2062 has just declared \u2063open war,\u201d Ahmed told the Associated Press. \u201cIf Musk succeeds in \u200dsilencing us other \u2062researchers will be next in line.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200cReceive \u2063breaking \u2062news\u2063 blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u200d Subscribe here. \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mayor Dave Bronson reported the relocation plan this week, after\u200d a stadium \u200cthat \u200bhas been \u200cused as a shelter in the past closed\u2062 this year, further straining the city\u2019s capacity to house and care for the homeless<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Scott LoBaido<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Matt Rosendale<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By \u200bElvira\u200d Pollina MILAN (Reuters) -Italy\u2019s AGCM competition watchdog said on Monday it \u2064had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-n-summit-of-the-future\/\" title=\"U.N. Future Summit\">accepted \u2064commitments proposed<\/a> by Google\u200b to end a\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 The \u2064U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) \u2062had asked Coinbase to stop \u200dtrading in all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin before\u2063 suing\u2026\u200c <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Tom Bateman and\u200b Rocky Swift \u2064TOKYO\u200b (Reuters) \u2062\u2013 As Japan enjoys\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mayor-of-anchorage-alaska-announces-a-plan-to-fly-the-citys-homeless-to-warmer-destinations-before-winter\/\" title=\"Anchorage Mayor to Fly Homeless to Warmer Places Before Winter.\">post-pandemic\u2063 resurgence<\/a> in tourism from around the globe,\u200b Seibu\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif Vengattil and Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI (Reuters) -Taiwan\u2019s \u2062Foxconn\u200b has signed \u200dan agreement \u200cwith \u200cIndia\u2019s Tamil Nadu to \u200dinvest 16 billion\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk unveils a new Twitter logo, featuring the letter &#8216;X&#8217;, as part of the company&#8217;s rebrand. The photo illustration, taken in London, England on July 24, 2023, captures the new logo. OAN&#8217;s Noah Herring reports on the development at 12:25 PM on Monday, July 31, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2055,"featured_media":1986970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}