Musk Sues Research Group Over Hate Speech ‘Scare Campaign’

Social media company X has filed a lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging that the nonprofit research group engaged in a “scare campaign to drive away advertisers” from the platform.

A photo illustration of the new Twitter logo in London, England, on July 24, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, has filed a lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), alleging that the nonprofit research group engaged in a “scare campaign to drive away advertisers” from the platform.

The complaint (pdf), filed on July 31 in the Northern District of California, charges that CCDH’s American and British operations “engaged in a series of unlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to protected X Corp. data.”