MMFA is arguing that Reed O'Connor, conservative district judge in Texas, may have a conflict of interest in Elon Musk's crusade against them.
, has aggressively gone after watchdogs reporting on the hate speech that came to saturate the platform after he bought it in 2022. The company argues that such research is to blame for major advertisers — the ones Musk famously told to “against the Center for Countering Digital Hate in March on First Amendment grounds, ruling that Musk’s lawyers were trying to muzzle free speech with intimidation tactics. Currently,is playing out in the U.S.
Laying out the claim that O’Connor is financially interested in a case has a very recent precedent. In March, the judge had to recuse himself from hearing a suit by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and banking trade groups seeking to block a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that caps most credit card late fees at $8. That decision came just before government watchdog group Accountable.
O’Connor, whose court deputy did not return a request for comment on the latest motion from Media Matters, has the option to recuse himself from hearing this lawsuit at any time. Meanwhile, X has a deadline of July 8 to respond to the motion calling them to acknowledge Tesla and its shareholders as interested parties.
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