Elon Musk’s X Corp. scored a legal victory on Thursday as a Texas judge denied the Motion to Dismiss filed by Media Matters in the social media platform’s defamation suit.
Because of U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision on Thursday, X’s lawsuit against the nonprofit media watchdog and two of its staff members will proceed to trial on April 7.
X, formerly known as Twitter, originally filed the suit in November after Media Matters published a report showing that hateful content on the platform appeared next to online ads from companies like Apple, IBM and Disney. Those companies then paused their X advertising campaigns, the suit said.
Attorneys representing X claimed the Media Matters report was “intentionally deceptive” and financially damaged the company.
In the 16-page Order, which may be viewed in full below, Judge Reed O’Connor first laid out his determination…
