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X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] spudwart@spudwart.com 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't he already write a public letter explaining how what they did does reveal ads, but that it was unfair because they went ad hunting and searched for ads on a page?

Boohoo, just because they over-searched to see it happen, means that it can and does happen.

This is a failure on your part, not theirs. This is how scientific research is conducted.

Not that you understand science or handling failure, Elon.

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I, for one, will turn to Scalzi on this one:

This is the "So few people find a festering rat's anus in their can of SpaghettiOs that finding one shouldn't be considered an actual problem" argument, eliding the fact that the number of rat anuses in ANY SpaghettiOs can should be "zero"

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Like, really looking forward to court case when Elon or Yacco have to explain "yes your honor, the thing they said is true, but to get it to happen they had to use our platform!!!" If I had to guess, Elon has to know he's going to lose, but the point isn't necessarily a win, it's to tie up Media Matters in a legal battle that Elon can keep going effectively forever. This is one of his favorite tactics – doing whatever the fuck he wants because he knows the only thing you can do is sue, and he can pay lawyers forever so you're going to have to blink first.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

point isn't necessarily a win, it's to tie up Media Matters in a legal battle that Elon can keep going effectively forever

And to intimidate other people into not reporting about him.

[–] PepeLivesMatter 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I believe that's the allegation made in the lawsuit, that they intentionally manipulated the algorithm in order to engineer this ad placement.