Three Democratic lawmakers are pressing Elon Musk on his social media platform’s “hostile stance” toward independent research efforts.
The news comes after X, formerly known as Twitter, sued a nonprofit research group that found an increase in hate speech after the billionaire’s takeover.
X alleged the group violated its terms of service and unlawfully accessed the information used in its research.
Three Democratic lawmakers are pressing Elon Musk on his social media platform’s “hostile stance” toward independent research efforts after X, formerly known as Twitter, sued a nonprofit research group that found an increase in hate speech after the billionaire’s takeover.
“Independent research is critical to understanding the proliferation of hate speech and extremism online, and it has raised legitimate and serious questions regarding X’s business practices since Mr. Musk’s acquisition,” wrote Reps
The lawmakers pointed to X’s recent lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, after the nonprofit found an increase in hate speech on the platform in the wake of Musk’s takeover.
X said that the group didn’t legally obtain the data and used it to “falsely claim it had statistical support showing the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content.”
By filing the lawsuit against the CCDH, the lawmakers wrote, “X is uniquely resisting” researchers’ efforts to hold social media platforms accountable and conduct assessments in the public interest.
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