Elon Musk wants to block the transfer of InfoWars’ X accounts to The Onion
The Onion, a satirical publication, won a bankruptcy auction earlier this month to purchase conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ website, InfoWars, and other related assets. However, that sale is now in limbo after a federal judge temporarily halted the deal.
On Monday, Elon Musk threw yet another wrench in the works, objecting to the transfer of InfoWars’ X accounts to its new owners.
X Corporation broadly claims that it owns all X accounts on its platform, including those operated by Alex Jones and InfoWars, according to an objection filed on Monday in bankruptcy court. Therefore, Elon Musk’s platform argues The Onion cannot purchase these accounts from Jones or his company, Free Speech Systems, because they are not his to sell.
This is not the first time Musk has stepped in to defend Jones’ social media presence. Back in 2023, Elon Musk restored the X accounts of Alex Jones and InfoWars. These accounts were “permanently banned” by Twitter’s previous leadership in 2018, after their posts were found to contain abusive content that violated the platform’s rules. Musk said at the time he disagreed with Jones, but wanted to restore his accounts in the name of “free speech”.
