Musk Threatens to Sue Advertisers who 'boycott' Social Media Platforms

Friday, July 12, 2024

Elon Musk, the owner of X, on Thursday pledged to sue who he claimed is illegally avoiding advertising on social media platforms.

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When was the last time Elon won a lawsuit defending Twitter from his own stupidity?

#1 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-07-12 11:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

Suing advertisers is a great way to drum up more advertising business!!! /s

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2024-07-12 01:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 3

I'm a free speech maximalist, so TALK, DAMN YOU!!!!
--Mars resident Elmo Mush

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2024-07-12 01:49 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

This supreme court will side with musk

#4 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-07-12 02:11 PM | Reply

This one confuses me. Can someone really sue a company for NOT advertising on their platform? Is there anyone that can reasonably explain the basis of this lawsuit?

I also agree that this would ultimately run away additional companies from using the platform for advertising. Maybe Twitter can survive solely off of scam ads.

#5 | Posted by memyselfini at 2024-07-12 02:21 PM | Reply

What happened to all this free speech talk? Money is speech last time I checked with SCOTUS.

#6 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2024-07-12 03:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

How is it illegal or a tort to NOT do something unless you have a binding contract to do something?

I don't want to advertise on any Right Wing site and I make that known somehow, how is that an actionable event?

#7 | Posted by randomcanyon at 2024-07-12 04:20 PM | Reply

One does not have to be sane to acquire rather than earn money.

The comic strip "The Phantom" just started a story about a Musk lookalike named Ian Mollusk.

#8 | Posted by TenMile at 2024-07-12 05:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

..."And the horse he rode in on!"

#9 | Posted by john47 at 2024-07-13 03:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1