Media Matters sues Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Over Investigation Into Its Demonetization Pressure

If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Media Matters for America, a pro-censorship online monitoring group is making some censorship accusations of its own. The organization has initiated a federal lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The lawsuit accuses Paxton of infringing upon the First Amendment within the context of a dispute involving Elon Musk’s X app. The organization alleges that this action noticeably impacted its operations, calling Paxton’s probe an illegal reprisal conceived to penalize it due to its reporting on ad campaigns found alongside controversial speech on X. We obtained a copy of the lawsuit for you here. Media Matters’ pressure on X advertisers created complications for Musk’s X platform, proving influential in causing a massive advertiser exodus, involving high-profile companies like Disney. Last month Paxton proclaimed he was launching an inquiry into Media Matters for suspected dishonest practices related to the probe of X. This declaration came at the same time that X leveled a lawsuit against Media Matters, accusing them of unlawfully meddling with their advertising relationships. Media Matters’ lawsuit did note that Paxton was among a group of “politicians and media figures” who quickly rallied to Musk’s defense following the reports by Media Matters. According to the complaint, filed on Monday, following Media Matters’ consequential reports about X, “Paxton issued a civil investigative demand (‘Demand’) to Media Matters, commanding it to ‘produce [] documentary material[s] and permit inspection and copying.’” The complaint further adds, “The…Media Matters sues Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Over Investigation Into Its Demonetization Pressure