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X Corp. v Media Matters for America et al

  1. October 18, 2024

    Texas Federal Judge Owned Tesla Stock After Taking X Suit

    A Texas federal judge overseeing a high-profile case between X Corp. and a media watchdog bought and sold shares of Elon Musk's automotive company Tesla the same year that X filed the suit, according to financial disclosure reports.

  2. October 02, 2024

    Watchdog Appeals After Court Grants X Access To Donor Lists

    The nonprofit group Media Matters for America appealed to the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday after a Texas federal judge ordered it to turn over its donor lists to social media platform X Corp., saying that it still had a First Amendment privilege to keep the names of its donors private.

  3. September 09, 2024

    X Corp. Could Expose Donors To Death Threats, Per Watchdog

    Watchdog Media Matters for America claims that for X Corp. to compel production of its donor lists would breach the First Amendment, saying in a Friday brief in a Texas federal court that if the documents go public, its donors would receive violent threats and other abuse.

  4. July 23, 2024

    X's Tesla Ties Could Require Judge's Recusal, Watchdog Says

    Elon Musk's X Corp. wants to avoid disclosing its financial links with Tesla in the social media company's defamation lawsuit against Media Matters for America because the Texas federal judge overseeing the case likely holds Tesla stock and would need to recuse himself, the progressive media watchdog said.

  5. May 30, 2024

    X Corp. Aims For 'Jugular' In Defamation Suit, Watchdog Says

    Media Matters for America says X Corp. shouldn't be allowed to target the left-leaning media watchdog's "financial jugular" by accessing its donor lists or its most sensitive financial documents, asking a federal judge Wednesday to reject the social platform's attempt to force production of the documents in a defamation suit.

  6. April 29, 2024

    Texas Judge Says X Can Access Watchdog's Internal Docs

    A Texas federal judge has ruled that X Corp. can access the internal communications and donor lists of a media watchdog the tech company accused of spurring advertisers to ditch the social media platform, saying the watchdog hadn't shown a good enough reason to pause discovery.

  7. April 16, 2024

    Media Watchdog Wants X Corp. Kept Out Of 'Privileged Affairs'

    A left-wing media watchdog wants X Corp. to keep its hands away from its donor lists, internal communications and other "privileged affairs" as a Texas federal court ponders the nonprofit's motion to dismiss, saying the social network has made "sweeping and harassing" discovery requests.

  8. February 07, 2024

    X's 'Smear Campaign' Suit Doesn't Hold Up, Watchdog Says

    Media Matters for America has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a suit by X Corp., claiming it drove advertisers from the social media site via a "blatant smear campaign," arguing the complaint "fails in just about every way that a complaint can possibly fail."

  9. November 20, 2023

    X Blames Watchdog's 'Smear Campaign' For Advertisers' Exit

    X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, sued a progressive media watchdog in Texas federal court on Monday, claiming it has driven advertisers from X by manipulating algorithms to make it appear the social media platform places ads for Apple, Xfinity and other major brands alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist content.