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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches hate speech on the Elon Musk-owned platform. In the decision, the judge said that the lawsuit was an attempt to \u201cpunish\u201d the organization for criticizing the company.<\/p>\n
X sued the CCDH last summer, accusing the group <\/a> its platform as part of a \u201cscare campaign\u201d to hurt its advertising business. The group had published research claiming X <\/a>to act on reports of hate speech, and was in some cases boosting such content.<\/p>\n In <\/a>, federal judge Charles Breyer said that \u201cthis case is about punishing\u201d CCDH for publishing unflattering research. \u201cIt is clear to the Court that if X Corp. was indeed motived to spend money in response to CCDH\u2019s scraping in 2023, it was not because of the harm such scraping posed to the X platform, but because of the harm it posed to X Corp.\u2019s image,\u201d Breyer wrote. \u201cX Corp.\u2019s motivation in bringing this case is evident. X Corp. has brought this case in order to punish CCDH for CCDH publications that criticized X Corp.\u2014and perhaps in order to dissuade others.\u201d<\/p>\n X said it planned <\/a> the decision.<\/p>\n