OA834: Elon Musk Will Save Free Speech By Suing Every Media Outlet on Earth

Andrew and an ailing Liz break down Elon Musk’s latest threat to try and sue a media outlet critical of Twitter into silence – this time, Media Matters for America – through the lens of his last lawsuit, against the tiny charity the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which produced an investigative report showing that Twitter profits from weaponized antisemitism and white supremacy.

Oh, and the duo begin with a Life Comes At You Fast, where Justice Arthur Engoron has already denied the Trump motion for a new trial discussed just last episode!

Notes
CCDH, Toxic twitter
https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toxic-Twitter_FINAL.pdf

Engoron order denying motion for new trial https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=e7egXMrk5KE0sOyTUjgixg==&system=prod

CCDHMotiontoDismiss
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.416212/gov.uscourts.cand.416212.47.0_1.pdf

NY Judicial Ethics Opinion 98-19 
https://nycourts.gov/legacyhtm/ip/judicialethics/opinions/98-19.htm

OA 795 
https://openargs.com/oa795-the-x-filings-elon-musks-plan-to-leave-no-lawyer-behind/

Media Matters post 11/16 
https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/musk-endorses-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-x-has-been-placing-ads-apple-bravo-ibm-oracle

Initial letters from Musk https://counterhate.com/blog/letters-from-the-lawyers-musk-threatens-ccdh-with-brazen-attempt-to-silence-honest-criticism/

Amended Complaint, X v. CCDH 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.416212/gov.uscourts.cand.416212.10.0.pdf

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OA795: The X Filings – Elon Musk’s Plan to Leave No Lawyer Behind

Liz and Andrew bring you a (mostly) Trump-free show discussing all things Twitter, including the recent sanctions imposed for failure to comply with a search warrant, a lawsuit against the former Twitter lawyers, and a truly oppressive lawsuit designed to deter a charity that’s critical of… Elon Musk’s policies.

Notes
X v. Wachtell, Complaint 
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/dwvkdolbxpm/X%20Corp%20v%20Wachtell%20-%2020230705.pdf

X v. CCDH Amended Complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.416212/gov.uscourts.cand.416212.10.0.pdf

July 20, 2023 X Cease and Desist letter to CCDH
https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07.20.2023-Letter-to-Imran-Ahmed.pdf

Twitter search warrant trial transcript
https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/23sc31%20Attachment%20A%20-%20Documents%20unsealed%20with%20redactions.pdf

New York Times reporting on hate speech on Twitter
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/technology/twitter-hate-speech.html

CCDH, Toxic Twitter
https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toxic-Twitter_FINAL.pdf

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