Self-proclaimed free speech advocate who bought Twitter in his $44 billion crusade to re-platform underrepresented whiny white racists in the United States Elon Musk lost his lawsuit to censor an advocacy group that reported on the increase of hate speech on dead-named Twitter since Musk’s October 2022 takeover, CNN reports.
Musk blamed the Center for Countering Digital Hate for losing tens of millions of dollars in advertising after the group studied posts on the platform and released its findings. Musk’s company claimed CCDH violated the platform’s terms of service by releasing its results, and therefore Musk wanted the court to order the group to withdraw the report.
Northern California District Judge Charles Breyer, however, saw through Musk’s effort, saying the petulant billionaire’s aims were clear. “Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation. Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose,” Breyer wrote. “This case represents the latter circumstance. This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.”