Elon Musk's social media site X has sued progressive media watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on the platform. Media Matters published a report last week showing instances where major brand advertisements appeared next to extremist posts on X, which may have played a role in several major advertisers later pausing their ads on the site. In the lawsuit, X accuses Media Matters of distorting how likely it is for ads to appear beside extremist content, and says the group's testing methodology does not reflect a typical user's experience on the platform. Media Matters president vowed to defend the group against the suit, calling it a "frivolous lawsuit meant to bully X's critics into silence."
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00:02 Elon Musk's social media site X has sued progressive media watchdog group Media Matters
00:08 over its analysis highlighting anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi content on the platform.
00:13 Media Matters published a report last week showing instances where major brand advertisements
00:17 appear next to extremist posts on X, which may have played a role in several major advertisers
00:22 later pausing their ads on the site.
00:25 In the lawsuit, X accuses Media Matters of distorting how likely it is for ads to appear
00:29 beside extremist content and says the group testing methodology does not reflect a typical
00:34 user's experience on the platform.
00:37 Media Matters presidents vowed to defend the group against the suit, calling it a frivolous
00:41 lawsuit meant to bully X's critics into silence.
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