Lawyers representing Elon Musk and X, previously known as Twitter, have quietly begun sending subpoenas to a host of public interest groups, Mother Jones has learned. Most of the targeted organizations have signed open letters to X’s advertisers expressing concerns about the platform’s direction under Musk’s leadership.
The groups include the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the digital rights organization Access Now, and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). The subpoenas represent a new chapter in the legal war Musk launched after advertisers fled X, and are part of a lawsuit Musk and X first filed about a year ago against Media Matters over a report it published documenting that ads appeared alongside extremist content. The subpoenas demand any correspondence the organizations have had with that progressive media watchdog group. Several targets told Mother Jones they’ve had no or limited interaction with Media Matters, and that the subpoenas feel, in the words of more than one person, like “a fishing expedition.”
- AllNewTypeFace ( @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ) 42•23 days ago
Wouldn’t this be about the time anti-SLAPP laws come down on Musk like a tonne of bricks?
- andyburke ( @andyburke@fedia.io ) 31•23 days ago
He venue shopped this to TX to get the judge he wanted. We are gonn have to deal with this bullshit until it can be appealed out of one of our national judicial shitholes.
- CO5MO ✨ ( @c0smokram3r@midwest.social ) 37•23 days ago
Never forget:
Elon Musk to advertisers who are trying to ‘blackmail’ him: ‘Go f— yourself’ https://youtu.be/U_M_uvDChJQ
- perishthethought ( @perishthethought@lemm.ee ) English20•23 days ago
Lest we forget, yes.
Musk referring to X users as “earth” was so ridiculous.
- masterofn001 ( @masterofn001@lemmy.ca ) 35•23 days ago
Reverse Uno
Subpoena musk et all for any/all communications between them and Putin, the Saud’s, TFG, and any mention of civil war.
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English23•23 days ago
Why would anyone potentially think about using
XTwitter for advertising when they might sue you when you decide to cut back? - ‘Leigh 🏳️⚧️ ( @leigh@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English14•23 days ago
A true champion of free speech. 🙄