In a recent interview, Elon Musk said that his company X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, would cover members' legal bills and sue those whose jobs are unfairly treated by their employers for posting or liking something on the platform.
There have been no further details shared by Musk about how "unfair treatment" by employers is viewed by him or how he will vet users seeking legal counsel.
In a follow-up, he stated that the company would fund the legal fees regardless of how much they charge. However, there has not been any response from the company regarding who qualifies for legal support and how users will be screened for eligibility for legal support.
Throughout the years, Facebook users, as well as celebrities and many other public figures, have faced controversy with their employers in the form of posts, likes, or reposts they have made while using the platform.
As Musk announced earlier in the day, a fight between him and Matrix's CEO Mark Zuckerberg would also be streamed live on the microblogging platform, which is largely operated by Facebook. Two of the top tech titans had faced off against one another in a cage fight last month after both had accepted a challenge from the other.
Musk has made a statement to the effect that the Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X and all proceeds will go to a charity for veterans. In late October, the tech billionaire shared a graph showing the latest count, and a statement that he had reached a new record for monthly users of X.
X had reached 540 million users at the end of October, he added.
It was reported in January by the Daily Wire that Kara Lynne, a streamer at a gaming company, was fired from her job for following the controversial X account "Libs of TikTok".
In the wake of organizational changes at the company and in an attempt to boost falling advertising revenue, the figures have come out and the company is going through restructuring. The Twitter logo was familiar for 17 years, but in July, Musk launched a new logo accompanied by a new name, renaming the social media platform to X and committing to building an "all-in-one app" rather than the existing blue bird logo.
A few weeks ago, Musk stated that the platform has a negative cash flow because advertising revenues have dropped nearly 50 percent and the platform has a large amount of debt. Even though advertising revenues rose in June more than expected, the good news did not play out as expected.
Many previously banned users have been allowed to rejoin since he has taken control of the company—including former President Donald Trump, for example. In addition, he has weakened the content moderation policies and fired a majority of the team responsible for overseeing hate speech/other forms of potentially harmful content on the site, as well as loosened up the rules regarding moderation.
As Musk's commitment to free speech has been demonstrated, it has not been without consequences for those who exercise that right, as several journalists who wrote about Musk's organization were temporarily suspended by Musk, and an account that tracked his private jet's flight path using publicly available data was banned as well.
Several reports indicate Musk also publicly fired an employee who criticized him on his platform and laid off colleagues who criticized him in private, but both actions were reportedly taken in response to criticism.
There is an apparent presence of a "woke mind virus" in the minds of people that Musk campaigns against some social causes such as transgender rights since he launched his initial bid to acquire Twitter early last year and has shared several posts on social media.
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, also tweeted that "cis" and "cisgender" would now be considered slurs on the app, a change he announced back in June.
There has been a rise in the number of employee terminations after employees post or publicly endorse offensive content on social media platforms, and this is not just for controversial activities that relate to social issues, but also for a wide range of other major reasons.
The Californian tech worker Michelle Serna, who posted a video on TikTok while a meeting was taking place in the background, was fired from her company in May after posting the video online.
Inadequate moderation of hate speech during recent months, the tycoon who purchased Twitter for $44 billion last October has seen the company's advertising business collapse, in part because the company did not moderate hate speech as it should have, and previously banned accounts have returned to the platform.
According to Musk, his desire for free expression motivates his changes, and he has often lashed out at what he views as a threat posed to free expression caused by the shifting cultural sensibilities influencing technological advancement.
CCDH, the non-profit organization focused on countering the spread of hate speech on the Internet, feels that the platform has flourished under the influence of hate speech. This finding of the CCDH is disputed by X and he is suing the agency for its findings.
Trump's Twitter account was reinstated by Musk in December, but it appears the former US president is yet to resume his use of Twitter.
Several supporters of the ex-president tried unsuccessfully to overturn the results of the 2020 election by attacking the Capitol Building on January 6 of the following year, but he was banned from Twitter in early 2021 as a result of his role in the attack.
A US media outlet reports that social media platform X recently reinstated Kanye West's account after he was suspended eight months ago when it was found that he posted an antisemitic comment.
