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X is fighting Andrew Tate’s attempt to unmask his critics

X is fighting for its users' right to anonymity against the far-right influencers and accused human traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are seeking to unmask their online critics. The Tate brothers filed suit against the owners of more than a dozen social media accounts - several of them run ps...

X is fighting Andrew Tate’s attempt to unmask his critics
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X is fighting for its users' right to anonymity against the far-right influencers and accused human traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are seeking to unmask their online critics.

The Tate brothers filed suit against the owners of more than a dozen social media accounts - several of them run pseudonymously - last year, claiming the accounts engaged in a "Conspiratorial Plot" to defame them. After a Florida court said the claims couldn't be brought against unidentified defendants, they filed an amended complaint against the users they could identify, and a complaint against X demanding it disclose the anonymous account holders in order …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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