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Elon Musk To Pay Legal Bills for Employees Hurt by Twitter Usage
Twitter: Elon Musk ^ | 5 August 2023 | Elon Musk

Posted on 08/06/2023 6:27:33 PM PDT by CodeToad

Elon Musk Tweet

"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."

10:00 PM · Aug 5, 2023


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KEYWORDS: freespeech; legal; musk; socialmedia; twitter
It seems Elon Musk is not just helping to stop some of the cancel culture going on, but Musk is offering to go after people's employers who harmed, fired, or otherwise could be sued by their employees they harmed who used Twitter.

Elon is putting his money where his mouth is, and I can applaud that.

1 posted on 08/06/2023 6:27:33 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad

I’d say huzzah...but I’m still banned on Twitter.


2 posted on 08/06/2023 6:29:07 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: CodeToad

Gina Carano’s fans are rallying for Musk to help her get back at Disney. Hope he does.


3 posted on 08/06/2023 6:32:19 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("No matter where you go, there you are.")
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Wow!

Completely unexpected and creative business policy by Elon Musk.

If Musk was a Natural Born Citizen, my first instinct would be that he plans to run for President!

4 posted on 08/06/2023 6:37:03 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: CodeToad

“Elon is putting his money where his mouth is, and I can applaud that.”

The guy is known making rash decisions that later have to be scaled back when reality hits. I suspect that effectively indemnifying all twitter users from problems with their employers due to twitter use will have a fair amount of unintended consequences that will lead to Mush’s promise being scaled back. Years ago when Musk was at Paypal he came up with the bright idea of giving a Visa credit card to every Paypal user who wanted one with no credit check. Musk figured the losses associated with handing a credit card to a few deadbeats would be minimal compared to the costs hiring a credit-check agency to screen everyone. That turned out to be a miscalculation on Musk’s part. The losses were huge, and Musk had to backpedal and start running credit checks like everyone else.


5 posted on 08/06/2023 7:10:44 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

He sounds impulsive. This, 8 kids from 6 mothers. Twitter purchase. Etc. Brilliant but trigger-happy.


6 posted on 08/06/2023 7:22:00 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: CodeToad

AWESOME move. It means that employers (and schools) have to consider that they may feel a bit of pain, should they decide to be First Amendment Karens.


7 posted on 08/06/2023 8:47:03 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

If Gina Carano were serious about that, she would have had no difficulty finding a good PI lawyer to take the case on contingency.


8 posted on 08/06/2023 9:06:35 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: irishjuggler

Maybe, but he also might be counting on winning and suing the winnings to further the legal bills.


9 posted on 08/07/2023 4:52:20 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: CodeToad

That’s pretty magnanimous of him.


10 posted on 08/10/2023 9:28:54 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: KittyKares

It is much more than that. He is after a specific company it seems.


11 posted on 08/11/2023 6:17:50 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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I hadn’t heard that. I’m sure people from all kinds of companies might seek his help. Maybe the military? But I don’t think you can sue the military.


12 posted on 08/11/2023 9:13:23 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: BobL

13 posted on 08/11/2023 9:15:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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