Musk’s X sues Media Matters over its report on ads next to hate groups’ posts

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An “X” sign rests atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. Noah Berger/AP

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Elon Musk’s social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”

Media Matters, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, called the lawsuit “frivolous.”

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