North Texas courts will now be hearing lawsuits against X, formerly known as Twitter.
“For users residing outside of the European Union, EFTA States, and the United Kingdom, we’ve updated the governing law and forum for lawsuits to Texas as specified in our terms. For users residing in the European Union, EFTA States, and the United Kingdom, our terms are now governed by Irish law and the forum for lawsuits is Ireland to the extent permitted by law,” X updated terms of service states.
The Dallas Express reported that X’s company headquarters was recently relocated from San Francisco, California, to Bastrop, Texas, which is close to Austin.
The decision has led to public support from local leaders and residents.
“Starting on November 15th, the Terms of Service for X (formerly Twitter) require lawsuits against X to be filed in Texas courts – either Federal Court in the Northern District of Texas or State District Courts in Tarrant County. Why? Because Elon Musk knows Tarrant County will uphold the rule of law, won’t illegally weaponize our courts, and will protect free speech. And having the best BBQ in the country probably didn’t hurt,” Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare posted on X.
“Testament to our Tarrant County DA!” replied the Texas Federation of Republican Women’s Senate District 9 Director Carol Anderson in a Facebook comment to Judge O’Hare.
“I agree Tarrant County will uphold the rule of laws . Dallas , Austin , Houston , San Antonio are Liberal cities and any conservative right now would not get a fair trial because of the corruption , Liberal mindset and cheating . Hopefully these cities will be cleaned out of all the corruption,” added Lynnette Hale in her Facebook comment.
Others were not as supportive in their responses to Judge O’Hare’s post.
“So basically there will be no accountability for X should someone file a lawsuit against it. However should X file a lawsuit against someone than accountability should be expected! Once again someone uses their wealth, and influence to secure favorable means,” posted Adrian Smith.
To Smith’s response, Judge O’Hare replied: “wrong again.”