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Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 10:40:04 JST Casey Newton

X's lawsuit against the advertising industry is part of a larger conservative project to weaponize the courts against content moderation — and it appears to be gaining momentum https://www.platformer.news/x-sues-advertising-industry-musk-garm-jordan/
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1. NPR reporter Bobby Allyn noted on Threads that the GARM case will be the second X-related lawsuit that Judge O'Connor has been handpicked to consider. "He also is overseeing X's Media Matters suit and, in an extraordinary move, allowed discovery to start BEFORE a motion to dismiss was ruled on," Allyn wrote "That allowed for vast amounts of broad and costly data collection from Media Matters, which the group compared to "harassment," leading to layoffs due to crushing litigation costs — again, before the suit's merits were even decided." GARM, which has not responded to requests for comment, should prepare to get the same treatment — unless, of course, they cave to Musk's demands. Keeping their ads off X may be an expression of free speech on the part of advertisers, but Musk and his allies in Congress are determine to make that free speech very, very expensive.
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