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X’s objection to InfoWars’ onion purchase is a reminder that you don’t own your social media accounts

On Monday, X has filed an objection in The Onion’s bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy. In the objection, Elon Musk’s lawyers argued that X has “superior ownership” of all accounts on The onion.

The legal basis that X provides in the file is not very interesting. But what’s interesting is that X has decided to get involved at all, and that’s emphasized you don’t own your followers or your account or anything else on corporate social mediaand it also highlights the fact that Elon Musk’s In the filing, X’s lawyers essentially say—like many other software companies, and increasingly device makers—that the company’s terms of service grant is from all accounts. on the social network and can do anything he wants with it.

“Few bankruptcy courts have addressed the issue of ownership of social media accounts, and those that did were focused on whether an individual or the individual’s employer owned an account used for business purposes was used – and not whether the social media company had superior ownership. about the individual or the company,” Musk’s lawyers write.

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