X Objects To The Onion Taking Over Infowars Accounts

404 Media reports:

On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion’s bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy. In the objection, Elon Musk’s lawyers argued that X has “superior ownership” of all accounts on X, that it objects to the inclusion of InfoWars and related Twitter accounts in the bankruptcy auction, and that the court should therefore prevent the transfer of them to The Onion.

The legal basis that X asserts in the filing is not terribly interesting. But what is interesting is that X has decided to involve itself at all, and it highlights that you do not own your followers or your account or anything at all on corporate social media, and it also highlights the fact that Elon Musk’s X is primarily a political project he is using to boost, or stifle, specific viewpoints and help his friends.

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New: Musk’s X filed a highly unusual objection in The Onion’s bid to buy InfoWars, arguing that X has “superior ownership” of all accounts on X and shouldn’t be given to The Onion. A stark reminder you do not own your social media accounts, political move www.404media.co/xs-objection…

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— Joseph Cox (@josephcox.bsky.social) November 26, 2024 at 2:59 PM