Summary
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has filed a court motion claiming ownership of all X accounts, arguing they cannot be transferred, in an effort to block The Onion’s purchase of InfoWars, Alex Jones’s conspiracy outlet.
The sale was part of a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones for defaming Sandy Hook families.
X’s filing asserts that users only hold a non-transferable license to their accounts, despite Musk’s prior actions threatening to reassign handles.
Critics view Musk’s move as aiding far-right figures like Jones and aligning with his MAGA agenda.
Yeah. This won’t hasten the exodus to Bluesky or anything
It won’t. People on on twitter cause they say the engagement isn’t the same everywhere else. But I think its just bots.
I’ve started noticing embedded bluesky posts in news stories instead of embedded tweets. I think it might.
OK, but why should this block the sale? The twitter handle is only a small part of the Infowars assets.
Feels like a great time for a competitor to explicitly state that you in fact, do own your account on their site. Nuance to that as tech bros is always gonna be tech bros (and blue sky is also tech bros, just with temporary infective to say “nah man, it’s cool baby…” for the time being while they build market share). But basically stating that you have full ownership and responsibility to manage your account, and that management transfers along with any kind of power of attorney shift or through any other related court actions
So he’s going to take his ball and go home…?
More like, he’s taking his ball, and you go home.
Ok then. Close the account.
Technically he’s right. It’s like the access card to a shitty gym, the card is their property, provided to you as long as you fulfill your part of the agreement.
Except that this time, the gym is owned by a megalomaniac madman. I’d let him keep the card and let him waddle in the filth of his own making all by himself.
No, the X terms of service specifically state that you retiain ownership and rights to anything you post. X just takes free license to your posts so that it can show it to the world.
There are Intellectual Property Licenses in these Terms: You retain ownership and rights to any of your Content you post or share, and you provide us with a broad, royalty-free license to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. Conversely, we provide you a license to use the software we provide as part of the Services, such as the X mobile application, solely for the purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services.
That’s not the same as saying you own the account.
You retain rights to your content, but not to the account itself.
Which isn’t a bad thing. Platforms should be able to terminate accounts that break the law, for example.
Elon’s looking like he’s got a Michael Jackson style chin implant.
Mean the one I deleted a while ago?
naw. the one you thought you deleted a while ago.
You mean the one Elon uses now?
Pepperidge Farm remembers when he took over the @x account from a long time user and no 'no transferable license was ever muttered when it benefited him not to do so.
you take away all his money and you’re just left with pure, raw asshole.
he’s more like one of donvict’s hemorrhoids.
So if you threaten someone on Twitter it’s really Elon threatening them? Interesting.
No, just Elon threatening himself.
The hero of free speech everyone.
My tinfoil take: There’s something in the Twitter DM between him and Alex Jones that NEEDS to stay private.
And you think the twitter CEO can’t delete that?
Man.
He’s like if Dr. Evil and every bond villain were combined into one, then poorly written in a Sci-fi channel special as the wealthiest man in the world.
He doesn’t actually do anything but be rich and say stupid shit, and for some reason people keep going along with it
But they have been transferred. They’ve taken accounts away from people.
Just a reminder… melon head is a junkie. Everything he says is a drugged up delusion. Nothing to see here, just walk on by.
You could say he’s under the influence, but as much as I dislike the guy and want him to fail, I cannot discount that he knows what he’s doing. He’s a billionaire, that bought a media company to further his business and personal interests. Just like Bezos. He feels he swung the US election and is fuelled by hubris and self-importance. A right winger using his media company to help out right wingers. Was it his choice or a favour for Donny, who knows. I do suspect Tesla and SpaceX are going to get a nice smooth run in terms of contracts, funding and legal disputes
Dude is wanna be CEO of two companies, has no involvement in five other companies, has twelve kids with his employees he doesn’t take care of, and now wants to help run the US government when he couldn’t run a McDonald’s. He is spread thinner than a jar of mayonnaise on a thousand loaves.
He has a team of handlers whose job is to literally keep him away from anything important. Not only does he not know what the fuck he is doing he is failing his kids, companies, and humanity.
He bought a company with other peoples money and let them turn it into a propaganda machine to extort and sell influence around the world through deception and lies. He is Alex Jones Jr. with more money and more reach.
A self admitted drug addict that thinks he knows more about manufacturing than any human alive. Once you peel back the lies and deception you have a Nepo baby manchild sexual assaulting conman.
But sure he has a lot of money. I guess that is all it takes for some people to drop trough, spread them cheeks, and get ready for daddy Muskrat.
