cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9615520
The lawsuit also says Media Matters is outside Paxton’s jurisdiction. It is based in Washington, and does not transact business in Texas
LOS ANGELES – The battle over a progressive media watchdog organization’s coverage of billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) sharpened as Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that he ordered his office to investigate Media Matters for America over “allegedly fraudulent solicitation of donations.”
According to a press release: “We have reason to believe Media Matters used fraud to solicit donations from Missourians in order to trick advertisers into pulling out of X, the last platform dedicated to free speech in America. Radicals are attempting to kill Twitter because they cannot control it, and we are not going to let Missourians get ripped off in the process,” said Bailey. “I’m fighting to ensure progressive tyrants masquerading as news outlets cannot manipulate the marketplace in order to wipe out free speech.”
Assuming Media Matters didn’t do anything fishy to get what they reported then I look forward to seeing Musky, Pox and Misery losing in court.
They followed companies and twitter Nazi’s, and then twitter monetized the Nazis posts with legitimate ads from those companies.
No one hacked Twitter. They signed up for an account and used Twitter. The fact that twitter posted ads next to Nazi’s was up to Twitter, not Media matters, and was the only thing Media matters demonstrated.
For more info, read this summation.
