Lawsuit Day!

Elon Musk has brought suite against Media Matters today for fabricating media in order to persuade advertisers to pull out of the X platform. Apparently this has been an ongoing issue with not only X, but others as well. To this point Disney, Apple and a few other large corporations have pulled their advertising from the platform.

Liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America said earlier this week that it found ads from IBM, Apple and others were placed alongside content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Musk on Wednesday endorsed an antisemitic post on X that falsely claimed members of the Jewish community were stoking hatred against white people, drawing sharp condemnation, including from the White House.

"The split second court opens on Monday, X Corp will be filing a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and all those who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company," Musk wrote in a post on X, without naming any other parties.

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As of this posting, the article above has not been updated to show the documents that were filed very recently and are circulating on Twitter.

Not only is Musk bringing suit but AG Ken Paxton out of Texas and Missouri's AG has also proclaimed that they are opening criminal investigations to the same ends.

Yet, that's not even all.

Rumble is also being vocal about bringing suit as well per X.

Also, Trump's Truth Social is bringing an "unprecedented" suit against 20 some media companies for false stories and refusals to correct them or bring them down.


These are all sourced from Twitter and are relatively breaking. I'll try to update when more sources are available.


The consensus seems to be that this is the "right" which is everything to the right of communism....as going on the offense.

Personally, I'm here thinking if only people cared this much about government and plotiticians, we wouldn't even need to be in this position.

a reply to: JinMI

I've been saying s**t is about to get real, and this is only the beginning.

2024 may be unprecedented in U.S. history.

a reply to: Klassified

One does not merely just dabble in Clownworld.....


We live in interesting times Klass.

Interesting to discover how this was setup and orchestrated

Operation Mockingbird (SM Division)

a reply to: JinMI

One does not merely just dabble in Clownworld.....

An X spokesperson told CNBC in an email that the accounts that Media Matters said were posting the hateful content would no longer be monetizable. The accompanying content would also be labeled not safe for work, limiting its reach.

Media Matters identified pro-Nazi content next to company ads. X confirms the content and demonetizes it (no removal), then sends emails to the media explaining that the content in question was in fact identified and demonetized.

That means Media Matters reporting was correct and it resulted in X taking an action, in a way. They should have banned them, but at least they're demonetized. But they did this BECAUSE Media Matters reporting was accurate.

This is called a frivolous, or a meritless lawsuit, and if it's wasting the court's time the judge can make the plaintiff pay all legal costs for the defense. I think that may happen here. Or they'll just dismiss it.

Just my thoughts, based on what we know so far.

a reply to: Mahogani

From the updated article:

In the lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas, X claimed Media Matters "manipulated" the social media platform by using accounts that exclusively followed accounts for major brands or users known to produce fringe content, and "resorted to endlessly scrolling and refreshing" the feed until it found ads next to extremist posts.

Media Matters' report misrepresented the typical experience on X "with the intention of harming X and its business," the company said in the lawsuit.

What's frivolous and meritless is your taking the initial bait you took and ran with it because your mind was already made up.

a reply to: JinMI

L O L

Endlessly scrolling to find Nazi content is a crime? That's called journalism.

The fact is they found it. Before X did.

One of them was looking for it, the other wasn't.

a reply to: Mahogani

When you're trying to find certain content with an ad next to it, then use that as impetus to compel advertisers to leave, yes, it is. It's fraud.



The irony? You're disdain for fascism in your sig while supporting fascism in your posts and content....

a reply to: JinMI

Do you really not understand what you posted AND bolded above?

This is what the court will say to that... if that content can appear next to these ads for a certain percentage of users, then the reporting is true. It does not matter if it appears every time, but some users will see that ad next to IBM and others will see it next to Disney. And others yet won't see it until the 5th or the 10th time they log on, but they may see it then.

The fact is it happens, and the reporting is true.

You misunderstand completely what fraud is if you think reporting on what is true qualifies as such.

Anyways, have a good night. My guess is this is dismissed immediately, but we'll see.

a reply to: Mahogani

This is what the court will say to that... if that content can appear next to these ads for a certain percentage of users, then the reporting is true. It does not matter if it appears every time, but some users will see that ad next to IBM and others will see it next to Disney. And others yet won't see it until the 5th or the 10th time they log on, but they may see it then.

Oh, I understand.


Tell me, do you think that all the advertisers in say Times Square condones the speech and actions that happen in Times Square?

Your logic is broken.

Anyways, have a good night. My guess is this is dismissed immediately, but we'll see.

Based on your past guesses and opinions, guess this is a shoe in for Musk.

Take care.

originally posted by: Mahogani

An X spokesperson told CNBC in an email that the accounts that Media Matters said were posting the hateful content would no longer be monetizable. The accompanying content would also be labeled not safe for work, limiting its reach.

Media Matters identified pro-Nazi content next to company ads. X confirms the content and demonetizes it (no removal), then sends emails to the media explaining that the content in question was in fact identified and demonetized.

That means Media Matters reporting was correct and it resulted in X taking an action, in a way. They should have banned them, but at least they're demonetized. But they did this BECAUSE Media Matters reporting was accurate.

This is called a frivolous, or a meritless lawsuit, and if it's wasting the court's time the judge can make the plaintiff pay all legal costs for the defense. I think that may happen here. Or they'll just dismiss it.

Just my thoughts, based on what we know so far.

“Based on what we know” which is never much… but damned if you won’t keep beating that liberal drum… 🤣🤣🤣

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Mahogani

When you're trying to find certain content with an ad next to it, then use that as impetus to compel advertisers to leave, yes, it is. It's fraud.



The irony? You're disdain for fascism in your sig while supporting fascism in your posts and content....

That’s how the fascists have worked in this country for years “we can’t be fascist cause our name is Anti-FA which means we’re against fascism… NOW DO WHAT WE SAY OR WE’LL BURN YOU TO THE GROUND”… 🤣🤣🤣

a reply to: SwissMarked

Being asked to deny reality has been a thing lately.

Which is pretty funny considering how they use any disagreement as justification for their labels de jour and all the applicable atrocities that can be levied against.


It's truly remarkable.

a reply to: JinMI

Yeah, nothing surprises me anymore. How unfortunate.

a reply to: Mahogani

Yep. Gonna be a pretty quick trial.

"Mr. Musk can you confirm Nazi ads appeared next to the posts from these advertisers?"

a reply to: SwissMarked

We have a clear example of how the US is becoming an oligarchy and you cheer it on.

a reply to: JinMI

It seems media matters manipulated algorithms to create the situation itself

the organization “manipulated” the service to make X serve the offending ads. “Media Matters has manipulated the algorithms governing the user experience on X to bypass safeguards and create images of X’s largest advertisers’ paid posts adjacent to racist, incendiary content, leaving the false impression that these pairings are anything but what they actually are: manufactured, inorganic, and extraordinarily rare.” The alleged manipulation involved creating an account that exclusively followed a combination of major brands and extremist content, then “endlessly scrolling and refreshing its unrepresentative, hand-selected feed” until it saw a confluence of the two.

X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticism


The Founder of Media Matters for America , David Brock was at one time partner of James Alefantis....the owner of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria

originally posted by: Threadbarer
a reply to: SwissMarked

We have a clear example of how the US is becoming an oligarchy and you cheer it on.

See that post above mine and below yours… yeah… Media Matters was criminally manipulating the results to defraud a company… do some research before you pop off and you can avoid looking like other laughing stocks that sooner than later will change their screen names and keep their tactics… 😘

a reply to: Mahogani

There is Nothing Frivolous about Slandering Someone without Presented Proof of Guilt or Intent and having ones Good Name Dragged through the Mud of Public Opinion by False Fabricated Claims . This is America , not some Third World Hell Hole Boyo !