Elon Musk's Company X on Monday filed a limited objection to the sale or transfer of the X account handled by Alex Jones and his media platform Infowars in an effort to block the acquisition by The Onion. .
Company X's legal filing Summary of objections to the transfer of the Infowars X Account, Banned.Video X Account, The War Room I will explain. on the platform. The document also states that while account holders own the content they create, the underlying services, including websites, applications, and other tools, are solely the property of X Corp. .
“Company X grants account holders, such as Jones and FSS, licenses to use the Services, and such licenses are not transferable. [terms of service] “Subject to applicable non-bankruptcy laws (i.e., as a personal service agreement), the Trustee may not sell, assign, or transfer such license without the consent of X Corp.,” the filing states. There is.
Company X stated that this distinction means that the right to use the platform is not transferable under both the Terms of Service and applicable non-bankruptcy law. The legal action comes at the same time as The Onion's ongoing attempt to acquire Infowars to help settle a lawsuit worth about $1.5 billion.
🚨Breaking News: Elon Musk's Company X will challenge the sale or transfer of X accounts controlled by Alex Jones or InfoWars in court
Complete filing: https://t.co/ECgGxITmqp
Watch live: https://t.co/qdOYnVGtyz pic.twitter.com/hTauDn1Jva— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) November 25, 2024
Ben Collins, CEO of Global Tetrahedron, The Onion's parent company, said The Onion, with support from the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims, will bring Infowars online by January 2025. He said that he intended to turn it into a self-parody targeting a unique person. Those families had filed the lawsuit after Jones falsely claimed that the tragedy, which involved the killings of several children and teachers, was staged. (Related: Judge freezes Alex Jones' assets, orders Sandy Hook family to pay $473 million more)
A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas ruled in June that Mr. Jones must liquidate his personal assets to settle a $1.5 billion debt to the families of shooting victims, and his company, FSS. rejected the bankruptcy proposal. Judge Christopher Lopez ordered the assets to be liquidated and rejected the proposal.
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