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Does it feel like your X account belongs to you and you can do whatever you want with it? That’s not true, according to a new court filing from the social media company formerly known as Twitter. It’s an argument that X is making in order to throw a wrench in The Onion’s recent purchase of InfoWars, the conspiracy theory media company run by Alex Jones. And it’s a great reminder that you don’t actually own what you think you own in the digital age.

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[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

He does. Same with any other platform you do not “own” your account. You have credentials to login to an account you created.

This should not be news to anyone. This applies to all social media, all entertainment, and every other account you use online.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Which is why it's really important to have some trust /reputation if using these services.

Why anyone would use a service run by a fascist entitled madman who literally represents the very worst version of humanity is beyond me and they deserve whatever they get.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know why you're getting downvoted, you are correct.

The platform owns the platform.

You have given the platform permission to use anything on the platform however they want.

They own the content you put on the platform.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

They own the content you put on the platform.

This will depend on the terms of service agreement. Some of them try to get away with this, while others just give themselves an irrevocable license to use content you publish on their platform.