Elon Musk’s X can proceed to trial in case against Media Matters after Texas judge denies dismissal request
SUMMARY
A federal judge in Texas has denied Media Matters' request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s company X, formerly Twitter, allowing the case to proceed to trial on April 7th. X initiated the lawsuit after Media Matters published a report in November alleging that ads from companies like Apple, IBM, and Disney appeared next to hateful content on the platform, leading these companies to pause their advertising on X. X’s attorneys argued that the report was “intentionally deceptive” and caused financial harm to the company. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that X had sufficiently pled its claims. Media Matters President Angelo Carusone criticized the lawsuit as an attempt to silence critics. Both X and Media Matters have not yet commented on the ruling.
