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US Court Dismisses Musk Lawsuit Against Anti-hate Watchdog

According to misinformation researchers, falsehoods as well as hateful and racist speech have sharply risen on X since Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover in October 2022. (Credit: AFP)

A US court on Monday rejected social network X's lawsuit against a nonprofit that had reported a spike in misinformation and hate speech on the platform since billionaire Elon Musk's takeover.

X, previously known as Twitter, sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) last July, accusing it of a smear campaign by cherry-picking data that damaged the company's relationship with advertisers and resulted in revenue losses of tens of millions of dollars.

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