Re:Twitter/X has lost its lawsuit against the Center for Cou...
by vaidhy on Monday March 25, 2024 @09:21PM
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Specifically, CCDH collected 9600+ tweets from 10 re-instated accounts. These accounts were banned originally. It showed its in reports that Musk/X is making millions in ad revenue through these hate speech accounts.
Elon sued them for breach of contract saying they scraped the data while ToS disallows scraping and their breach of contract led to tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue since advertisers stopped advertising. There are a few other claims in similar vein.
The judge ruled that the suit has no merit and Musk is claiming to recover reputational damages under the guise of breach of contract. He is also not allowed to amend this and file again.
It is worth reading the judgement in entirety. It is well reasoned and written.
Elon sued them for breach of contract saying they scraped the data while ToS disallows scraping and their breach of contract led to tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue since advertisers stopped advertising. There are a few other claims in similar vein.
The judge ruled that the suit has no merit and Musk is claiming to recover reputational damages under the guise of breach of contract. He is also not allowed to amend this and file again.
It is worth reading the judgement in entirety. It is well reasoned and written.