Elon Musk saw a lawsuit he filed against a nonprofit for calling X out for hate speech get dismissed.
What Happened: The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published reports documenting the spike in racist, antisemitic and extremist commentary on X, formerly Twitter, ever since Musk bought the platform in 2022.
Musk, who touts himself as a "free speech absolutist,” took offense and sued the group last year. A California judge dismissed the case on Monday, March 25.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer cited the state's anti-Slapp law, which strikes down lawsuits seemingly bent on punishing the exercise of free speech.
"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," Breyer wrote in the ruling.
"Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose. This case represents the latter circumstance. This case is about punishing the defendants for their speech,” Breyer added.
Musk — who last week called the CCDH “a truly evil organization that just wants to destroy the First Amendment under the guise ...
