How's that free comment thing working out, Elon?
"Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation, and only by reading between the lines of a complaint can one attempt to surmise a plaintiff's true purpose," Judge Breyer said in his ruling."Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose.
According to X's suit, CCDH documenting troubling levels of hate speech on the platform, and the appearance of such comments next to paid ads, was a scare campaign designed to chase brands away from Musk's digital town square. The suit alleges not that what CCDH said was incorrect or defamatory, but rather that the data it used to compile the report was obtained without authorization from Brandwatch, an X Corp data partner.
"The courts today have affirmed our fundamental right to research, to speak, to advocate, and to hold accountable social media companies for decisions they make behind closed doors that affect our kids, our democracy, and our fundamental human rights and civil liberties," CCDH founder and CEO Imran Ahmed said in a statement."It is archly ironic that in his zeal to shut down criticism, Elon Musk made the most eloquent case ever for statutory transparency rules," Ahmed said.
X Corp v. CCDH is now a closed case, as Breyer decided not to give X a chance to amend its complaint, calling its request to do so"a dilatory move" designed to"force CCDH to spend more time and money defending itself before it can hope to get out from under this potentially ruinous litigation." Bryer said the CCDH had met the burden of proving X's suit was a SLAPP case, and that X was unlikely to prevail on its claims, even with an amended complaint.
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