Media Matters Sues Texas AG in Maryland Over Investigation of Its Report on Musk’s X

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into Media Matters for ‘potential fraudulent activity’ in its recent report.
Media Matters Sues Texas AG in Maryland Over Investigation of Its Report on Musk’s X
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the launch of an antitrust investigation into large tech companies outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Melanie Sun
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Media Matters for America is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court, arguing that reporting by its senior investigative reporter on Elon Musk’s X app is being “chilled” by the AG’s announced investigation.

Media Matters, a progressive watchdog group, filed its lawsuit Tuesday. It had reported last month that, according to its analysis, X was a platform hosting bigots and that it had paid far-right extremists, warning advertisers that their content was running beside pro-Hitler and anti-Semitic content.

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