Coverage dated August 5, 2023

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Pay Legal Fees Of Any Users Punished For Posting

Headline from Forbes

Elon Musk says he’ll pay the legal fees of anyone who’s been “unfairly treated” by their employer for posting on Twitter, according to a tweet sent late Saturday.

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  1. New York Post

    Elon Musk’s X to fund legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will fund the legal bills of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as T…

  2. Forbes

    Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Pay Legal Fees Of Any Users Punished For Posting (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Elon Musk says he’ll pay the legal fees of anyone who’s been “unfairly treated” by their employer for posting on Twitter, according to a tweet sent late Saturday.

  3. RedState

    'No Limit': Musk Plays Hardball, Vows to Pay Legal Fees of Employees Punished for Posting, Liking on 'X' (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    Musk vows to 'go after' boards of directors of companies that unfairly punish employees' online activity.

  4. NPR

    Musk vows to pay legal costs for users who get in trouble at work for their tweets (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Elon Musk said X, formerly known as Twitter, said there is "no limit" on how much the company is willing to pay.

  5. Insider

    Elon Musk says X will pay the legal fees of users who are 'unfairly treated' by their boss for liking or posting content on the platform (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The CEO has been outspoken about his commitment to free speech on X, formerly Twitter, and allowed previously blocked accounts back on the platform.

  6. Fortune

    Elon Musk vows to fund legal bill of X users who face employer discrimination due to ‘posting or liking something on this platform’ (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The proposal comes with “no limit” on costs and X Corp. will "go after the boards of directors of the companies too," he stated.

  7. Forbes

    Elon Musk Promises To Cover Legal Fees For People Fired Over Tweets (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Musk said there is “no limit” to the legal costs X will cover.

  8. KTVU San Francisco

    Elon Musk says X will pay legal fees of users 'treated unfairly' by employer for liking, posting on site (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    Elon Musk says X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, will fund legal fees of anyone who's been treated unfairly by their employers after liking or posting on the social media site.

  9. Al Jazeera

    Musk says X to fund legal bills if users ‘unfairly treated’ over posts (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The billionaire says platform will fund the legal bills of users treated unfairly by employers for posts on the site.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    Musk offers funds to users who got in trouble over X posts – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    After renaming Twitter, the X owner has promised to "fund [the] legal bill" of users who were treated unfairly by their employers over their posts. Musk also promised to stream his cage fight with Meta's Mark Zuckerberg.

  11. The Daily Caller

    Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Pay Legal Fees For People Canceled For Likes, Posts (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Elon Musk announced that Twitter would pay the legal bills of people who are treated unfairly by employers for engaging with content on the platform.

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