X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge

Elon Musk's X is appealing a dismissed antitrust lawsuit against advertisers it accuses of orchestrating an illegal boycott of the platform. According to Ars Technica, a federal district judge in Texas ruled in March that the advertisers did not commit any antitrust violation, but X has asked the Fifth Circuit to reverse that decision. X characterizes the alleged boycott as unusually brazen and says it caused massive economic losses. The company recently settled with the World Federation of Advertisers, the first defendant named in the suit, but is pursuing the appeal against other defendants.

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