Elon Musk's X Lawsuit Against Media Matters Gets Green Light From Judge Who Holds Tesla Stock
Elon Musk's X Lawsuit Against Media Matters Gets Green Light From Judge Who Holds Tesla Stock
O'Connor dismissed objections that the lawsuit was filed in a state where neither X nor MMFA is headquartered. He justified this by stating that MMFA had "targeted" two Texas-based advertisers, A lawsuit initiated by Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, against Media Matters For America, or MMFA, has been permitted to proceed by a judge who is a shareholder in Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA).
作为特斯拉公司（纳斯达克股票代码：TSLA）股东的法官允许埃隆·马斯克的社交媒体平台X（前身为Twitter）对美国媒体事务组织（MMFA）提起的诉讼。
What Happened: Judge Reed O'Connor, a shareholder in Tesla, rejected a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Thursday.
发生了什么：特斯拉股东里德·奥康纳法官周四驳回了驳回诉讼的动议。
The lawsuit, lodged in Texas last year, contends that MMFA should be held legally accountable for negative reporting that resulted in companies pulling their ads from X, reported The Verge.
据The Verge报道，去年在德克萨斯州提起的这起诉讼辩称，应追究MMFA对导致公司从X撤出广告的负面报道的法律责任。
O'Connor dismissed objections that the lawsuit was filed in a state where neither X nor MMFA is headquartered. He justified this by stating that MMFA had "targeted" two Texas-based advertisers, Oracle and AT&T, in their articles and interviews.
奥康纳驳回了关于该诉讼是在X和MMFA都没有总部的州提起的异议。他为之辩护，称MMFA在文章和采访中 “针对” 了两家位于德克萨斯州的广告商甲骨文和At＆T。
The judge also ruled that X's claims had enough merit to proceed in court. Unlike typical libel lawsuits, X does not accuse MMFA of making a factually incorrect claim.
法官还裁定，X的申诉有足够的依据，足以在法庭上提起诉讼。与典型的诽谤诉讼不同，X不指控MMFA提出的指控与事实不符。
Instead, it argues that the authors "deliberately misused the X platform to induce the algorithm to pair racist content with popular advertisers' brands."
相反，它辩称，作者 “故意滥用X平台，诱使该算法将种族主义内容与流行广告商的品牌配对。”
This lawsuit comes a few weeks after NPR reported that O'Connor holds between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of stock in Tesla, one of Musk's other companies.
这起诉讼是在美国国家公共电台报道说，奥康纳持有马斯克的另一家公司特斯拉价值15,001至5万美元的股票几周后提起的。
The judge recused himself from a lawsuit Musk filed against advertisers who stopped placing ads on X, the report noted.
报告指出，法官回避了马斯克对停止在X上投放广告的广告商提起的诉讼。
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Why It Matters: In March, Musk shifted his focus to support a legal challenge against Media Matters by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, following a setback in a lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
为何重要：在针对反数字仇恨中心的诉讼遭遇挫折之后，马斯克在3月份将重点转移到支持密苏里州司法部长安德鲁·贝利对媒体事务提出的法律质疑上。
This development came after in California, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer dismissed X's complaint against the Center for Countering Digital Hate stating, "This case is about punishing the defendants for their speech."
这一事态发展是在加利福尼亚州发生的，美国地方法院法官查尔斯·布雷耶驳回了X对反数字仇恨中心的申诉，他说：“此案旨在惩罚被告的言论。”
Earlier this month, Musk's company filed antitrust lawsuits, claiming a conspiracy to withhold advertising revenue. This lawsuit led to the suspension of operations by the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.
本月早些时候，马斯克的公司提起了反垄断诉讼，声称串谋扣留广告收入。该诉讼导致全球责任媒体联盟暂停运营。
Meanwhile, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice has called for an immediate halt to X's operations in the country.
同时，巴西最高法院的一名法官呼吁立即停止X在该国的业务。