When we held up a mirror to Elon Musk’s Twitter/X he tried to sue us into silence | Imran Ahmed
by Imran Ahmed from US news | The Guardian on (#6DKAK)
My organisation is standing up to the tech billionaires whose social media platforms are full of hate and lies
It started with childish name-calling on Twitter two weeks ago, when Elon Musk called my organisation evil" and me personally a rat". It has since escalated to a lawsuit filed against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which I founded and run, in a California court last week.
The CCDH exists to research online hate and disinformation, and hold social media companies accountable for the erosion of human rights and civil liberties. Our mission is to stem the tide of racism, antisemitism, harms to children, climate denial, anti-LGBTQ+ hate, health misinformation and many other dangers to society.
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