"Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation," wrote District Judge Charles Breyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, in the order's opening lines.
"Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose."
"This case represents the latter circumstance," Breyer continued. "This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech."
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Because of its potential to destroy the watchdog group, the case has been widely viewed as a bellwether for research and accountability on X as Musk has welcomed back prominent white supremacists and others to the platform who had previously been suspended when the platform was still a publicly-traded company called Twitter.
In December, for example, Musk restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who lost a $1.5 billion judgement for spreading false theories about a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators.
The judge's ruling Monday also illustrated the limits of Musk's claim to be a "free-speech absolutist."
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The Judge excoriates Elmo in a thorough a** reaming per the rest of his comments.
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