Elon Musk’s X is intervening in the bankruptcy sale of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, in what is believed to be the first time a social media platform has stepped in to a legal dispute over account ownership.

Elon Musk's X Corporation is blocking the transfer of Alex Jones' Infowars social media accounts to The Onion, asserting platform ownership in a move that could redefine digital account rights.

Elon Musk's X has objected to the bankruptcy sale of Alex Jones's Infowars accounts to The Onion, citing terms of service that prevent the transfer of social media accounts without its approval.

An objection filing in bankruptcy court Monday attempts to block the parody news site from running Jones and InfoWars' accounts The post Elon Musk Claims ‘Superior Ownership’ Over Alex Jones, Infowars X Accounts as The Onion Pursues Acquisition appeared first on TheWrap.

X has filed a limited objection to the sale of InfoWars, the controversial media platform run by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, to The Onion. While not

Does it feel like your X account belongs to you and you can do whatever you want with it? That’s not true, according to a new court filing from the social media company formerly known as Twitter. It’s an argument that X is making in order to throw a wrench in The Onion’s recent purchase of InfoWars,

After fantasizing about buying MSNBC and installing Alex Jones on the liberal media network, Elon Musk inserted himself into a legal battle to try to block The Onion from obtaining any X accounts belonging to the bankrupt conspiracy theorist.

It also seems to be causing a stir with Elon Musk, who is reportedly trying to do all he can to block access to the InfoWars account on X by its new owner, The Onion. X trying to block transfer of platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion — The Guardian (@theguardian.