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| Subject | Elon Musk doesn't want you to know how X-rated X is |
| Date | August 10, 2023 6:56 PM |
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Elon Musk Is Trying To Silence Disinformation Researchers With Lawsuits
We stand with our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate
Under Elon Musk=E2=80=99s watch, X, formerly Twitter, has exploded with rac=
ism, LGBTQ hatred, and conspiracies. Unsurprisingly, advertisers have fled =
and don=E2=80=99t want to return.
What=E2=80=99s Musk=E2=80=99s solution? Sue the handful of people who are f=
ighting to bring transparency to the platform.
Our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate are currently fieldin=
g a bogus legal attack from Musk, who claims they=E2=80=99ve =E2=80=9Cengag=
ed in a series of unlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to prote=
cted X Corp. data.=E2=80=9D
They, of course, didn=E2=80=99t do that. But what they have done is spend m=
onths showing how X is becoming more filled with hate and more dangerous to=
advertisers.
In December, they revealed the number of slurs rose sharply under Musk=E2=
=80=99s leadership.
In March, they explained how Twitter made millions while anti-LGBTQ rhetori=
c rose 119%.
And in June, they discovered that X failed to act on 99% of Blue accounts t=
weeting hate.
That last point is particularly notable. Blue accounts pay about $10 a mont=
h for features like editing tweets, posting longer videos and having a blue=
check by their name. But that=E2=80=99s not all. Blue users who meet certa=
in requirements also get a share in advertising revenue based on tweet enga=
gement.
You can immediately see the problem with this. Few things get engagement li=
ke hate and misinformation. In fact, the first few people Musk gave thousan=
ds of dollars to were insurrectionist Tim Pool, the formerly banned Krassen=
stein brothers, and misogynist and alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate.
And the requirements to become part of X=E2=80=99s ad revenue sharing are s=
o lax that an account that gained thousands of followers after posting chil=
d sexual abuse materials =E2=80=93 and was personally unbanned by Musk =E2=
=80=93 could receive a cut of money from advertisers.
Advertisers should know where their money is going and who is being support=
ed by those dollars. Thanks to the work CCDH is doing, they=E2=80=99re gett=
ing a good look at just how toxic Twitter has become. It=E2=80=99s not a pr=
etty picture.
Musk may try to shut them down, but he will never stop their =E2=80=94 and =
our =E2=80=94 transparency work.
We=E2=80=99re continuing to monitor X and will share updates and actions yo=
u can take in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can join us and share =
our work on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and (for now) X.
Forward,
Claire & Nandini
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400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; =
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Under Elon Mus=
k=E2=80=99s watch, X, formerly Twitter, has exploded with racism, LGBTQ hat=
red, and conspiracies. Unsurprisingly, <a href=3D"[link removed]
m/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D=
/5NRA7AyTk-MHnBZRvgIrcjKUUgjwgRlYBalK1ra90KQ=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; t=
ext-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:=
inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">advertisers have=
fled</a> and don=E2=80=99t want to return.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">What=E2=80=99s Musk=E2=80=99s solut=
ion? Sue the handful of people who are fighting to bring transparency to th=
e platform.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: l=
eft; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom:=
10px;">Our friends at the <a href=3D"[link removed]
cking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7AyTk-M=
HnBZRvgIrcrlluRV3D0Vg12ukbzM5iZg=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decorati=
on: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; pa=
dding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">Center for Countering Digita=
l Hate</a> are currently fielding a <a href=3D"[link removed]
mails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5N=
RA7AyTk-MHnBZRvgIrcv5Z4aZ_awxS30Qwxg9GYfQ=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text=
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herit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">bogus legal attack<=
/a> from Musk, who claims they=E2=80=99ve =E2=80=9Cengaged in a series of u=
nlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to protected X Corp. data.=
=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans=
-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: lef=
t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px;">They, of course, <a href=3D"[link removed]
g/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7AyTk-MHnBZ=
RvgIrcm71eXop_ZUraOzgtwBHPAs=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: =
none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; paddin=
g: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">didn=E2=80=99t do that</a>. But =
what they have done is spend months showing how X is becoming more filled w=
ith hate and more dangerous to advertisers.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">In December, they revealed the numb=
er of slurs <a href=3D"[link removed]
k/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7AyTk-MHnBZRvgIrcltfAF=
sRe7W3GCdbK5Kz3kk=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-=
family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-=
align: left; line-height: 1.5;">rose sharply under Musk=E2=80=99s leadershi=
p.</a></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
;">In March, they explained how <a href=3D"[link removed]
s/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7A=
yTk-MHnBZRvgIrctHRVjxBziHQmGVDDEUzL6M=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-dec=
oration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inheri=
t; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">Twitter made millions w=
hile anti-LGBTQ rhetoric rose 119%</a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">And in June, they discovered that X fai=
led to act on <a href=3D"[link removed]
ink/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oHAi=
0j-t_tN9Vb7c_OeR_Uo=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; tex=
t-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">99% of Blue accounts tweeting hate</a>.</=
p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; fon=
t-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-siz=
e: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">That =
last point is particularly notable. Blue accounts pay about $10 a month for=
features like editing tweets, posting longer videos and having a blue chec=
k by their name. But that=E2=80=99s not all. Blue users who meet certain re=
quirements also get a share in advertising revenue based on tweet engagemen=
t.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;=
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font=
-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Y=
ou can immediately see the problem with this. Few things get engagement lik=
e hate and misinformation. In fact, the <a href=3D"[link removed]
om/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=
=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oO12aC_IfsETff_xemEMdKY=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9=
; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weig=
ht: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">first few peo=
ple Musk gave thousands</a> of dollars to were insurrectionist Tim Pool, th=
e formerly banned Krassenstein brothers, and misogynist and alleged human t=
rafficker Andrew Tate.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,h=
elvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; te=
xt-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Mar=
gin-bottom: 10px;">And the requirements to become part of X=E2=80=99s ad re=
venue sharing are so lax that an account that gained thousands of followers=
after <a href=3D"[link removed]
FnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oArQElkUCqR=
-LEh-ePWHyc4=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-famil=
y: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align=
: left; line-height: 1.5;">posting child sexual abuse materials</a> =E2=80=
=93 and was personally unbanned by Musk =E2=80=93 could <a href=3D"[link removed]
api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqL=
vCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oG8jKsXF1FKVvvrWZ876gBA=3D" style=3D"=
color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;"=
>receive a cut of money from advertisers</a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c414=
4; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; m=
argin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; m=
argin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Advertisers should know where the=
ir money is going and who is being supported by those dollars. Thanks to th=
e work CCDH is doing, they=E2=80=99re getting a good look at just how toxic=
Twitter has become. It=E2=80=99s not a pretty picture.</p> <p style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heig=
ht: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Musk may try to shut th=
em down, but he will never stop their =E2=80=94 and our =E2=80=94 transpare=
ncy work.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans=
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t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px;">We=E2=80=99re continuing to monitor X and will share updates and acti=
ons you can take in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can join us and =
share our work on <a href=3D"[link removed]
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tagram</a>, <a href=3D"[link removed]
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font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; marg=
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Elon Musk Is Trying To Silence Disinformation Researchers With Lawsuits
We stand with our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate
Under Elon Musk’s watch, X, formerly Twitter, has exploded with racism, LGBTQ hatred, and conspiracies. Unsurprisingly, advertisers have fled and don’t want to return.
What’s Musk’s solution? Sue the handful of people who are fighting to bring transparency to the platform.
Our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate are currently fielding a bogus legal attack from Musk, who claims they’ve “engaged in a series of unlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to protected X Corp. data.”
They, of course, didn’t do that. But what they have done is spend months showing how X is becoming more filled with hate and more dangerous to advertisers.
In December, they revealed the number of slurs rose sharply under Musk’s leadership.
In March, they explained how Twitter made millions while anti-LGBTQ rhetoric rose 119%.
And in June, they discovered that X failed to act on 99% of Blue accounts tweeting hate.
That last point is particularly notable. Blue accounts pay about $10 a month for features like editing tweets, posting longer videos and having a blue check by their name. But that’s not all. Blue users who meet certain requirements also get a share in advertising revenue based on tweet engagement.
You can immediately see the problem with this. Few things get engagement like hate and misinformation. In fact, the first few people Musk gave thousands of dollars to were insurrectionist Tim Pool, the formerly banned Krassenstein brothers, and misogynist and alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate.
And the requirements to become part of X’s ad revenue sharing are so lax that an account that gained thousands of followers after posting child sexual abuse materials – and was personally unbanned by Musk – could receive a cut of money from advertisers.
Advertisers should know where their money is going and who is being supported by those dollars. Thanks to the work CCDH is doing, they’re getting a good look at just how toxic Twitter has become. It’s not a pretty picture.
Musk may try to shut them down, but he will never stop their — and our — transparency work.
We’re continuing to monitor X and will share updates and actions you can take in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can join us and share our work on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and (for now) X.
Forward,
Claire & Nandini
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rchers With Lawsuits</strong></span></h3> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-=
family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0=
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ttom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Montserrat, V=
erdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><strong><span style=3D"color: #a8a29e=
;">We stand with our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate</spa=
n></strong></span></p></th>=20
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<th class=3D"columns small-12 large-12 first last default" st=
yle=3D"word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-fam=
ily: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; text-align: =
left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; wo=
rd-break: break-word; width: 564px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px=
; border-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><p sty=
le=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:=
400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; =
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Under Elon Mus=
k=E2=80=99s watch, X, formerly Twitter, has exploded with racism, LGBTQ hat=
red, and conspiracies. Unsurprisingly, <a href=3D"[link removed]
m/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D=
/5NRA7AyTk-MHnBZRvgIrcjKUUgjwgRlYBalK1ra90KQ=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; t=
ext-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:=
inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">advertisers have=
fled</a> and don=E2=80=99t want to return.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">What=E2=80=99s Musk=E2=80=99s solut=
ion? Sue the handful of people who are fighting to bring transparency to th=
e platform.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sa=
ns-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: l=
eft; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom:=
10px;">Our friends at the <a href=3D"[link removed]
cking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7AyTk-M=
HnBZRvgIrcrlluRV3D0Vg12ukbzM5iZg=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decorati=
on: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; pa=
dding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">Center for Countering Digita=
l Hate</a> are currently fielding a <a href=3D"[link removed]
mails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5N=
RA7AyTk-MHnBZRvgIrcv5Z4aZ_awxS30Qwxg9GYfQ=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text=
-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: in=
herit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">bogus legal attack<=
/a> from Musk, who claims they=E2=80=99ve =E2=80=9Cengaged in a series of u=
nlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to protected X Corp. data.=
=E2=80=9D</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans=
-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: lef=
t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px;">They, of course, <a href=3D"[link removed]
g/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7AyTk-MHnBZ=
RvgIrcm71eXop_ZUraOzgtwBHPAs=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: =
none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; paddin=
g: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">didn=E2=80=99t do that</a>. But =
what they have done is spend months showing how X is becoming more filled w=
ith hate and more dangerous to advertisers.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">In December, they revealed the numb=
er of slurs <a href=3D"[link removed]
k/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7AyTk-MHnBZRvgIrcltfAF=
sRe7W3GCdbK5Kz3kk=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-=
family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-=
align: left; line-height: 1.5;">rose sharply under Musk=E2=80=99s leadershi=
p.</a></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
;">In March, they explained how <a href=3D"[link removed]
s/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/5NRA7A=
yTk-MHnBZRvgIrctHRVjxBziHQmGVDDEUzL6M=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-dec=
oration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inheri=
t; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">Twitter made millions w=
hile anti-LGBTQ rhetoric rose 119%</a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin:=
0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">And in June, they discovered that X fai=
led to act on <a href=3D"[link removed]
ink/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oHAi=
0j-t_tN9Vb7c_OeR_Uo=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; fon=
t-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; tex=
t-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">99% of Blue accounts tweeting hate</a>.</=
p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; fon=
t-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-siz=
e: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">That =
last point is particularly notable. Blue accounts pay about $10 a month for=
features like editing tweets, posting longer videos and having a blue chec=
k by their name. But that=E2=80=99s not all. Blue users who meet certain re=
quirements also get a share in advertising revenue based on tweet engagemen=
t.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;=
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font=
-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Y=
ou can immediately see the problem with this. Few things get engagement lik=
e hate and misinformation. In fact, the <a href=3D"[link removed]
om/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=
=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oO12aC_IfsETff_xemEMdKY=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9=
; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weig=
ht: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">first few peo=
ple Musk gave thousands</a> of dollars to were insurrectionist Tim Pool, th=
e formerly banned Krassenstein brothers, and misogynist and alleged human t=
rafficker Andrew Tate.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,h=
elvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; te=
xt-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Mar=
gin-bottom: 10px;">And the requirements to become part of X=E2=80=99s ad re=
venue sharing are so lax that an account that gained thousands of followers=
after <a href=3D"[link removed]
FnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oArQElkUCqR=
-LEh-ePWHyc4=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-famil=
y: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align=
: left; line-height: 1.5;">posting child sexual abuse materials</a> =E2=80=
=93 and was personally unbanned by Musk =E2=80=93 could <a href=3D"[link removed]
api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqL=
vCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oG8jKsXF1FKVvvrWZ876gBA=3D" style=3D"=
color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;"=
>receive a cut of money from advertisers</a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c414=
4; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; m=
argin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; m=
argin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Advertisers should know where the=
ir money is going and who is being supported by those dollars. Thanks to th=
e work CCDH is doing, they=E2=80=99re getting a good look at just how toxic=
Twitter has become. It=E2=80=99s not a pretty picture.</p> <p style=3D"col=
or: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; pad=
ding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heig=
ht: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Musk may try to shut th=
em down, but he will never stop their =E2=80=94 and our =E2=80=94 transpare=
ncy work.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans=
-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: lef=
t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px;">We=E2=80=99re continuing to monitor X and will share updates and acti=
ons you can take in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can join us and =
share our work on <a href=3D"[link removed]
ck-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4=
oGYmRKsm1RC14wRD2oJQYeo=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0;=
text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">Facebook</a>, <a href=3D"[link removed]
neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOF=
uQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oOcKCdStys9D3H-2oxH8VN8=3D" style=3D"colo=
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tagram</a>, <a href=3D"[link removed]
k/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oMjn7C=
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align: left; line-height: 1.5;">LinkedIn</a>, <a href=3D"[link removed]
ails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy=
8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oJpRgHjjGWMVawwMosSuYFU=3D" style=3D"color: #00=
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> and (for now) <a href=3D"[link removed]
-link/VamFnZrV5F8XzJ11VaNaoeFjv0HqLvCOFuQZXvy8674=3D/Txom2OUCO_tlZSg73fz4oE=
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ext-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">X</a>.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; =
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; marg=
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Elon Musk Is Trying To Silence Disinformation Researchers With Lawsuits
We stand with our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate
Under Elon Musk’s watch, X, formerly Twitter, has exploded with racism, LGBTQ hatred, and conspiracies. Unsurprisingly, advertisers have fled and don’t want to return.
What’s Musk’s solution? Sue the handful of people who are fighting to bring transparency to the platform.
Our friends at the Center for Countering Digital Hate are currently fielding a bogus legal attack from Musk, who claims they’ve “engaged in a series of unlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to protected X Corp. data.”
They, of course, didn’t do that. But what they have done is spend months showing how X is becoming more filled with hate and more dangerous to advertisers.
In December, they revealed the number of slurs rose sharply under Musk’s leadership.
In March, they explained how Twitter made millions while anti-LGBTQ rhetoric rose 119%.
And in June, they discovered that X failed to act on 99% of Blue accounts tweeting hate.
That last point is particularly notable. Blue accounts pay about $10 a month for features like editing tweets, posting longer videos and having a blue check by their name. But that’s not all. Blue users who meet certain requirements also get a share in advertising revenue based on tweet engagement.
You can immediately see the problem with this. Few things get engagement like hate and misinformation. In fact, the first few people Musk gave thousands of dollars to were insurrectionist Tim Pool, the formerly banned Krassenstein brothers, and misogynist and alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate.
And the requirements to become part of X’s ad revenue sharing are so lax that an account that gained thousands of followers after posting child sexual abuse materials – and was personally unbanned by Musk – could receive a cut of money from advertisers.
Advertisers should know where their money is going and who is being supported by those dollars. Thanks to the work CCDH is doing, they’re getting a good look at just how toxic Twitter has become. It’s not a pretty picture.
Musk may try to shut them down, but he will never stop their — and our — transparency work.
We’re continuing to monitor X and will share updates and actions you can take in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can join us and share our work on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and (for now) X.
Forward,
Claire & Nandini
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