Musk's X Battles The Onion Over Infowars Account Ownership

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Elon Musk's social media platform X is intervening in the bankruptcy sale of Alex Jones' Infowars, marking an unprecedented move by a social media company in a legal dispute over account ownership. X objects to the sale of Infowars' X accounts, citing its terms of service that accounts cannot be sold and are owned by X. This intervention is seen as Musk flexing his influence and potentially setting a legal precedent, as social media platforms typically avoid public court battles over account ownership.
- Elon Musk’s X is stepping in to the legal fight over Alex Jones’ Infowars. Experts say it’s unprecedented CNN
- X claims ownership of Infowars accounts The Hill
- Musk's X claims ownership of InfoWars accounts in sale to The Onion Axios
- New hearing ordered on The Onion’s bid for Alex Jones’ Infowars POLITICO
- X trying to block transfer of platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion The Guardian
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