Musk’s X Sues Media Matters Over Its Report On Ads Next To Hate Posts

"Elon Musk’s social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”

Media Matters, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, called the lawsuit “frivolous.”

Advertisers have been fleeing the site formerly known as Twitter over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content — and hate speech on the site in general — while billionaire owner Musk has inflamed tensions with his own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory."

Barbara Ortutay reports for the Associated Press November 21, 2023.

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"Ken Paxton Announces Investigation Of Media Group Following Elon Musk’s Lawsuit" (Texas Tribune)

"Missouri Attorney General Promises Elon Musk He’s Investigating Media Matters Over Nazi Report" (Mediaite)

"X Sues Media Matters Over Research on Ads Next to Antisemitic Posts" (New York Times)