Elon Musk's X weighed in on the pending sale of Alex Jones' InfoWars to satirical newspaper The Onion to claim ownership of the bankrupt conspiracy theorist's accounts on the social media site.
Why it matters: X in a Monday court filing argued that its users don't own their accounts and those accounts can't be sold or transferred to a third party without X's permission.
While X acknowledged that users own the content they post, the company's argument could have significant ramifications for the site's millions of users.
"X Corp.'s [terms of service] make clear that it owns the X Accounts, as the TOS is explicit that X Corp. merely grants its users a non-exclusive license to use their accounts," the company told a federal judge in Texas.
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