{"id":130840,"date":"2024-11-28T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130840"},"modified":"2024-11-28T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:14:08","slug":"x-trying-to-block-transfer-of-platforms-infowars-accounts-to-the-onion-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130840","title":{"rendered":"X trying to block transfer of platform\u2019s InfoWars accounts to the Onion | X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Elon Musk\u2019s X is trying to block the transfer of the platform\u2019s InfoWars accounts to the Onion after filing a legal objection stating that it owns users\u2019 accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The social network <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750\/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.937.0.pdf?ref=404media.co\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has filed a \u201climited objection\u201d<\/a> to the sale of InfoWars, a media platform run by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, to the satirical news outlet the Onion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/twitter\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">X<\/a> said it did not oppose the sale as a \u201cgeneral matter\u201d, it is arguing that its users do not own their accounts and cannot sell or transfer them without its permission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"6e6f68ee-0d65-4a6b-8261-07b8b5d2e7ac\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it \u2018very funny, very stupid\u2019&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;6e6f68ee-0d65-4a6b-8261-07b8b5d2e7ac&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/nov\/14\/onion-info-wars-alex-jones&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cX Corp.\u2019s TOS [terms of service] make clear that it owns the X Accounts, as the TOS is explicit that X Corp. merely grants its users a non-exclusive license to use their accounts,\u201d the company wrote in a filing to a federal court in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">InfoWars was put up for sale at bankruptcy auction after Jones was ordered by court judgments to pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/nov\/10\/alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-sandy-hook-victims-hoax\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">$1.5bn to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre<\/a> due to false claims he made about the mass shooting being a \u201choax\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Onion announced it had bought InfoWars this month but the deal is on hold pending a court hearing next month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/15\/the-onion-infowars-bankruptcy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Jones and a losing bidder, First United American Companies, objected to the sale<\/a>. Jones and FUAC, which is affiliated with Jones\u2019s dietary supplements business, have accused the trustee overseeing the auction of colluding with the Onion and the Sandy Hook families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The trustee, Christopher Murray, has denied the allegations and described them as a \u201cdesperate attempt\u201d to delay the sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">X wrote: \u201cRegardless of the accounts\u2019 use, X Corp. is plainly the owner of the X Accounts and the Services, and the Trustee cannot sell, assign, or otherwise transfer what it does not own or have an interest in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Musk has already signalled X\u2019s control of accounts on the platform by taking over the previously dormant @america handle to advertise his pro-Donald Trump super political action committee during the presidential election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/27\/x-twitter-trying-to-block-transfer-of-platforms-infowars-accounts-to-the-onion\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X is trying to block the transfer of the platform\u2019s InfoWars accounts to the Onion after filing a legal objection stating that it owns users\u2019 accounts. 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