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Elon Musk’s X Officially OBJECTS To Sale of Accounts Owned by Alex Jones or Infowars

It’s not over yet for Alex Jones or Infowars — not by a long shot.

Despite The Onion “winning” the auction of Alex Jones’ Infowars, they’re going to face a lot of legal trouble before the final nail in the coffin is hammered.

The judge overseeing the Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones, which led to the forceful sale of his website, has ordered an investigation into how the auction was conducted, and if it was rigged, as Jones and many other sources claim.

Now, Elon Musk is throwing a wrench in the forcible, and allegedly rigged, sale of Infowars.

You see, the sale includes not just the Infowars website, but all of its assets — including its social media accounts.

So, Musk took action.

His social media platform, X, has just filed an objection in court to prevent the sale or transfer of any accounts owned or operated by Alex Jones or Infowars.

Check out this latest development:

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The filing states:

In particular, X Corp. objects to the sale, assignment, or transfer of: (a) the Infowars (https://x.com/infowars); (https://x.com/BANNEDdotVIDEO); (b) (c) The the Banned.Video War Room X X account account (https://x.com/WarRoomShow); (d) the Alex Jones X Account (https://x.com/RealAlexJones) (the “Jones X Account”); and (e) any other accounts maintained by FSS or Jones on X (collectively, the “X Accounts”).

Accounts on X are governed by the X Terms of Service (“TOS”).3 Under both the Prepetition TOS and the Current TOS, all right, title, and interest in and to X Corp.’s services, including X Corp.’s various websites, SMS, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and other covered services (collectively, the “Services”) are X Corp.’s “exclusive property.” See Prepetition TOS § 4; Current TOS § 4. X Corp., as the owner of the Services, grants each user “a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non exclusive license to use the software provided” to use the Services. See Prepetition TOS § 4 (emphasis added); Current TOS § 4 (same). In contrast to the Services, the account holders own the Content (as defined in the TOS) they submit, post, or display on or through the Services; however, the Content is distinct and separate from the Services.

Pursuant to the Successful Bidder Notice, the Sale Motion, and to the extent applicable, the Jones IP Sale Motion, the Trustee now seeks to contravene X Corp.’s TOS by improperly selling or otherwise transferring the X Accounts (which neither Jones nor his bankruptcy estate own) to a third party. While X Corp. takes no position as to the sale of any Content posted on the X Accounts, X Corp. is the sole owner of the Services being sold as part of the sale of the X Accounts. While X Corp. has granted account holders, such as Jones and FSS, a license to use the Services, such license is non-assignable, both under the terms of the TOS and applicable non-bankruptcy law (i.e., as a personal services contract), and the Trustee cannot sell, assign, or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.’s consent.

X Corp. is compelled to file this Objection to make clear that X Corp. does not consent to the sale or any other transfer of the non-assignable X Accounts, which in turn, means the X Accounts cannot be sold or transferred at this time.

Way to go, Elon!

And, with Musk also hinting at buying MSNBC, social media users have a suggestion that would go down in history as the greatest troll of all time…

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Who else wants to see this happen?!


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