A US federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X against Media Matters for America, allowing the case to proceed to trial in April 2025. X accuses Media Matters of deliberately fabricating images to show advertisers’ content next to white nationalist and neo-Nazi posts, causing companies like Apple, Disney, and IBM to pull their ads from the platform. Media Matters has called the lawsuit frivolous and denies any wrongdoing.
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Separately, Musk has escalated his feud with Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, calling him an “evil dictator” after the judge ordered X to name a legal representative in Brazil or face a ban. The disagreement centers around de Moraes’ demands for X to censor political opponents, which Musk claims would violate Brazil’s laws.
Starlink, another Musk-owned company, also faces financial restrictions in Brazil due to de Moraes’ orders.
Connor Walcott is a staff writer for Valuetainment.com. Follow Connor on X and look for him on VT’s “The Unusual Suspects.”
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