House Dems Accuse Musk, X of Intimidating Researchers
X Corp. is taking a “hostile” approach toward social media researchers under the leadership of Elon Musk, which doesn’t bode well for the company’s content moderation practices, House Democrats wrote the company Tuesday. Reps. Lori Trahan, D-Mass.; Sean Casten, D-Ill.;…
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and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., signed the letter. They accused X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, of trying to “threaten and intimidate independent research organizations,” citing the company’s lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Musk has been responsible for a “series of troubling decisions that appear calculated to harass, silence, and suppress research and accountability into this issue,” they said. The lawsuit followed a CCDH report claiming Twitter failed to act on 99% of “hateful content” posted by Twitter Blue subscribers. Twitter accused CCDH of “actively” trying to suppress “free expression.” Musk has laid off important content moderation teams and reinstated accounts owned by “misogynists and Neo-Nazis,” the lawmakers wrote. X responded Wednesday with an automatic reply, saying, “We'll get back to you soon.”