The court found that X Corp.'s lawsuit was about punishing the watchdog group's speech for criticizing the social media platform.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the company formerly known as Twitter, which sued a hate-speech watchdog group it blamed for a loss of millions of dollars in advertising. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the lawsuit was intended to punish the Center for Countering Digital Hate for its criticism of X, and so violated California's ban on lawsuits designed to squelch speech.
's claims against the European Climate Foundation. '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 said in a 52-page order filed Monday. '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.
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