“Last week we got a letter from Elon Musk’s X. Corp threatening CCDH with legal action over our work, exposing the proliferation of hate and lies on Twitter since he became the owner. Elon Musk’s actions represent a brazen attempt to silence honest criticism and independent research in the desperate hope that he can stem the tide of negative stories and rebuild his relationship with advertisers.”
[With apologies to anyone who dislikes endless Musk/Huffman spam in this community. I put it here because misusing the law to silence independent tech researchers this has wider implications.]
I recommend reading the letters. Both from X’s lawyers and the amazing reply from the lawyers of the CCDH.
I read them in reverse order and indeed the answer is amazing.
As for the letter from Twitter lawyer (Spiro), it does look as it was written by someone without knowledge on the subject… I read Spiro Wikipedia page, and apparently, he is described as a quite successful lawyer, so my best guess is that some low level associate wrote it and Spiro only signed.
Thanks for the recommendation, it was a great read. Twitter’s letter has all the energy of a 3rd grader writing a persuasive essay against something they know they have no argument for. CCDH however didn’t miss.
Reminding Twitter that if they sue, they can and will immediately request information for discovery, including Musk’s communications on the matter, is one hell of a threat to end the letter with. Even Elon must have a singular brain cell to know his emails would be incredibly damning.
You weren’t wrong. I decided not to read the drivel from X’s lawyers as we all know what they’re trying to do (stifle criticism), the response is strong as fuck though.