Video: What X’s Lawsuit Reveals About The Ownership Of Social Media Accounts

In November this year, microblogging platform X filed a complaint against the sale of the X handle of Infowars to The Onion. X claims that as per their terms of service, InfoWars’ X handle is its property. While the terms of service give InfoWars a license to its X handle, the website cannot sell or assign this license to someone else without X’s consent.

X’s pushback against the sale of a social media handle poses a unique question— Who owns a social media account? Is it you or the platform? MediaNama journalists Kamya Pandey and Sakshi Sadashiv K discuss. Watch the full video here: Also Read: Support our journalism: For You.