On Saturday, Elon Musk threatened to sue watchdog Media Matters and those who “attacked” his X social media platform.
“On Monday, as soon as court opens, X Corp will file a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and all those who participated in this fraudulent attack on our company,” Musk wrote in a post on X’s website, without naming the other parts.
Musk and X have been under scrutiny for more than a week due to anti-Semitic and racist content that has circulated on the social network since Musk bought it in 2022.
Earlier this week, the liberal group Media Matters for America said it found ads from IBM, Apple and other companies placed next to content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
On Wednesday, Musk supported an anti-Semitic post by one of the users of the social network This sparked harsh condemnation, including from the White House, which accused Musk of repeating “disgusting anti-Semitic lies.”
Over the past two days, many companies have suspended advertising, including IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Comcast, Lions Gate Entertainment and Paramount Global. According to the news portal Axios, the largest company in the world by market value, Apple, will do the same.
“This week, Media Matters for America published an article that completely misrepresents X’s actual work experience, in another attempt to undermine free speech and mislead advertisers,” Musk said in a statement. He accused Media Matters of creating an alternative account designed to “misinform advertisers.”
In the past, Musk has threatened legal action against other organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit that fights anti-Semitism. Musk accused her of helping deprive X of advertising revenue, but did not sue her.
