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A federal choose in Texas rejects Media Issues and its request to dismiss the lawsuit Musk’s X.
X’s lawsuit in opposition to the nonprofit media watchdog and two of its workers members will go to trial on April 7, because of a call by U.S. District Choose Reed O’Connor on Thursday.
X, previously often known as Twitter, initially submit In November, Media Issues printed a report displaying hateful content material on the platform showing alongside on-line advertisements from corporations together with Apple, IBM and Disney. These corporations at the moment pause Their X promoting marketing campaign, the lawsuit alleges.
Attorneys representing X claimed the Media Issues report was “intentionally misleading” and prompted monetary hurt to the corporate.
One of many defendants, Media Affairs Chairman Angelo Carusone, stated in a press release on the time that this “frivolous lawsuit” was meant to intimidate X’s critics and silence them.
O’Connor denied the nonprofit’s try and dismiss the case, saying in a submitting that the plaintiffs “have appropriately defended their claims.”
Media Issues and X didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
August O’Connor fired Media Issues asks Musk to drive itemizing Tesla As an occasion in X’s lawsuit in opposition to the nonprofit group. O’Connor stated in a press release on the time Legal filing “There is no such thing as a proof that Tesla has a direct monetary curiosity within the consequence of this case.”
O’Connor additionally oversees lately filed antitrust lawsuits litigation by X versus a world promoting affiliation and its member corporations resembling Unilever, Mars and CVS Well being. O’Connor subsequently recused himself from the proceedings. Though he didn’t present a motive for his recusal, latest monetary disclosures present that the choose has investments in Unilever.
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