Twitter sues Brit non-profit, claims hate-speech reports scared off advertisers
Twitter, lately known as X Corp, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate for allegedly harming its advertising business by documenting vitriol on the social network.[PDF] was filed on Monday in federal court in San Francisco. It alleges CCDH – a UK-based non-profit – and its US-based office in Washington DC frightened off Twitter's advertisers by putting out"misleading" reports highlighting hate-filled tweets.
, that CCDH interfered with X Corp's commercial relationship with Brandwatch, and that CCDH's data gathering constitutes a breach of contract. In a letter sent to CCDH prior to the lawsuit, X Corp attorney Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP warned CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed that a lawsuit may be forthcoming. The letter contends CCDH's claims about hate speech on Musk's X biz are"false, misleading, or both, and they are not supported by anything that could credibly be called research.
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