"Yesterday, a federal court denied Media Matters' motion to dismiss X's claims that Media Matters falsely disparaged X's business and tortiously interfered with X's advertising contracts. Media Matters manipulated its user timeline on X to create the false impression that certain major brands' ads were appearing next to fringe posts. The court ruled that Media Matters plausibly 'manipulated and intended to deceive [X's] advertisers' and 'acted with malice.'"
"U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth noted that X had sufficiently alleged that the media watchdog had acted with 'actual malice' based on statements criticizing the platform. This decision allows X's lawsuit to proceed, underscoring the importance of protections against malicious media practices that could harm businesses."
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