X trying to block transfer of platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion

Elon Musk’s X has said it doesn’t oppose the sale of InfoWars to the Onion as a ‘general matter’ but said X’s users do not own their accounts. Photograph: Allison Robbert/Reuters

Elon Musk’s X is trying to block the transfer of the platform’s InfoWars accounts to the Onion after filing a legal objection stating that it owns users’ accounts.

The social network has filed a “limited objection” to the sale of InfoWars, a media platform run by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, to the satirical news outlet the Onion.