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Judge’s stern rebuke of Elon Musk’s X gives researchers fresh hope.
A federal judge’s decision this week reprimanding Elon Musk’s X for trying to punish a critic’s speech will have reverberating effects on efforts to hold influential online platforms accountable, legal and policy experts say — and could have implications for US democracy, as researchers track hateful and misleading speech online ahead of the 2024 election.
A federal judge’s decision this week reprimanding Elon Musk’s X will have reverberating effects on efforts to hold influential online platforms accountable, legal experts and advocacy groups say. Researchers and civil society groups said the new subscription fees — costing up to $2.5 million a year — were “ outrageously expensive ” and made it impossible to do their work, reducing transparency of a critical platform. “The guardrails for democracy are hanging by a thread and we have dwindling insights into platform practices as researchers face lawsuits, congressional subpoenas and other scare tactics,” said Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital rights at Free Press.
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