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Elon Musk sues watchdog group after major companies pull ads

Sky News Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) has sued the watchdog group Media Matters alleging it manufactured a report to show advertisers' posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist content.
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Elon Musk on Monday made good on his promise to sue Media Matters, filing a federal lawsuit that accuses the left-leaning watchdog group and one of its reporters of doctoring images in an article that showed ads for major corporations next to posts depicting hate speech on X, Musk’s social media...

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