Elon Musk stated that his social media company X (formerly Twitter) will fund the legal bills of any user that was treated unfairly by their employer for engaging with content on the platform.
In an April 5 X thread announcing the move, Musk said that lawsuits of any scale will be supported:
If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill.
No limit.
Please let us know.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023
Kara, is that accurate?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023
The post appears to have been received well, and has more than 200,000 likes at the time of writing, with a flood of people putting their hands up for funding for potential lawsuits.
For example, The Libs of TikTok, a right-wing content account, highlighted a case in which a Limited Run Games employee Kara Lynne (@Kara_Creates) was reportedly fired for following the account on X.
In potentially putting his money where his mouth is, Musk responded by asking: “Kara, is that accurate?” with Lynne then stating: “The situation is slightly more complicated than the headline. But yes.”
Threads will copy and become better and better too. pic.twitter.com/KfP2Xney6J
— Mark Zuckerberg (Parody) (@MarkCrtlC) August 6, 2023
Musk is a self-described “free speech absolutist” who holds a clear disdain for cancel culture, and this latest move seems to fall in line with his push to shift X away from content censorship, particularly relating to political and ideological views.
In December, Musk tweeted that “cancel culture needs to be canceled,” and under his ownership, X has gone on to reinstate a number of accounts that were banned for policy violations under the previous ownership.
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The latest announcement from Musk comes as changes continue to unfold at X.
The platform underwent a full rebrand from Twitter to X in July as part of a push to become an “everything app”.
The revenue-sharing model was also recently introduced for users, while on Aug. 2, X also rolled out an option for the premium Blue service subscribers to hide their verified checkmarks.
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