You Don't Own "Your" X/Twitter Account

[Axtremus]

This came out of the story where the Onion buys InfoWar.

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/26/musk-x-infowars-onion-social-media

X Corp. claims ownership of InfoWar's X/Twitter account. While X/Twitter acknowledges that the users generally own the content posted by the users, X/Twitter claims it owns the X/Twitter accounts themselves.

"X Corp.'s [terms of service] make clear that it owns the X Accounts, as the TOS is explicit that X Corp. merely grants its users a non-exclusive license to use their accounts," the company told a federal judge in Texas.

There's the term "non-exclusive" in there ... probably means anyone can be allowed to use "your" X/Twitter account if X/Twitter allows it.

[jon-nyc]

While I don’t doubt the terms of service have long said this, I doubt twitter/x often inserts themselves in such processes. Smells political.

[jon-nyc]

Speaking of X…

[jon-nyc]

I literally get those cheech and Chong ads.