Media Matters sues Elon Musk's X over 'libel tourism' legal assault
Source: NPR
March 10, 2025 3:47 PM ET
Media Matters, the liberal watchdog organization that billionaire Elon Musk has sued in multiple lawsuits around the world, is going on the offensive. The group on Monday sued Musk's social media platform X for breach of contract over Musk bringing suits against the nonprofit in Texas, Ireland and Singapore in a legal maneuver Media Matters calls "a vendetta-driven campaign of libel tourism."
Lawyers for the advocacy group are challenging Musk on technical grounds, arguing that since X's terms of service at the time of the suits required the complaints to be filed in San Francisco, the actions violate Musk's own policies, which were changed months after after the suits were brought.
Media Matters' legal team says defending against Musk's suits have crushed the organization, which monitors conservative media, costing millions of dollars and leading to the group laying off more than a dozen employees. The suit seeks damages for breach of contract and an order forcing Musk to drop his litigation in Ireland and Singapore.
"X's worldwide campaign of intimidation seeks to punish Media Matters for exercising its core First Amendment rights on a matter of public importance," the lawsuit states. "This Court should stop X's antics and enforce the forum selection clause that X itself drafted." Media Matters, X and Musk did not return requests for comment.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5323844/media-matters-elon-musk-new-lawsuit
= new reply since forum marked as read
as I hadn't heard much from them recently. 
Thanks LMSP 
