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Musk's X claims ownership of InfoWars accounts in sale to The Onion (www.axios.com)
9 points by c420 2 hours ago | hide | past | web | 2 comments | favorite





> X in a Monday court filing argued that its users don't own their accounts and those accounts can't be sold or transferred to a third party without X's permission.

There you go. It's not your account, it's his account, he lets you use it. Always was, always will be: Private property, used under licence.


It's a reminder that social network providers are another global namespace, without any property rights to your own name.

When it's time to distract people a bit more, expect these accounts to spew stuff.




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