Twitter threatens to sue nonprofit that documented rise in hateful tweets; founder decries 'unprecedented escalation'

The Center for Countering Digital Hate publishes reports on hate speech and harmful behavior on social media platforms like X, TikTok or Facebook.

WASHINGTON — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk.

An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over the nonprofit’s research into hate speech and content moderation. The letter alleged that CCDH’s research publications seem intended “to harm Twitter’s

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