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Given that GARM [1] is simply a recommendation body, that specifically does not penalize its members for going against it’s recommendations, I think it’ll be in
by dagmx 2y ago
Given that GARM [1] is simply a recommendation body, that specifically does not penalize its members for going against it’s recommendations, I think it’ll be incredibly hard for X to prove collusion here or targeted ill intent as a group.
I also like that the organization is named after the guardian to hells gate [2]. Which is very apt for guarding against neo-Twitter.
Ultimately, I think this is a classic case of a weaponised lawsuit to try and fear monger. Notice that Linda’s video [3] keeps trying to extol how X is the only place that has an open town square (provably false given how Elon has been operating) and trying to rally their users as if this actively harms them (nevermind many users pay to use the platform)
It’s also telling that they’re joined by Rumble, a similarly supposed “free-speech but not” platform, it’ll be hard to show that their content moderation is not to blame for driving advertisers away rather than being targeted as a company.
[1] https://wfanet.org/leadership/garm/about-garm https://wfanet.org/leadership/garm/about-garm
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmr
[3] https://fxtwitter.com/lindayaX/status/1820838625245880634 https://fxtwitter.com/lindayaX/status/1820838625245880634
- cratermoon 2y ago> a classic case of a weaponised lawsuit Of course a lawsuit like this is not intended to win on merits. The goal is to cost the defendant (in this case GARM and the companies) more money than its worth. You might even call it legalized extortion.