Elon Musk Vows To Go To War Against Companies That Punish Employees For Activity On X

X owner Elon Musk said on Saturday night that his company would go to bat for people who are punished by their employers for things they do on his social media platform.

“If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,” Musk said. “No limit. Please let us know.”

Musk later added that his company would also wage a public relations war against companies that punish their employees for what they do on X.

Musk posted, “And we won’t just sue, it will be extremely loud and we will go after the boards of directors of the companies too.”

And we won’t just sue, it will be extremely loud and we will go after the boards of directors of the companies too

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023

X filed a lawsuit last week against a non-profit organization accusing it of unlawfully accessing private data and cherry-picking posts to show a rise in hate speech on the social media platform under Musk’s ownership.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the social media company formerly known as Twitter claims the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — a British non-profit that researches so-called online hate and disinformation — orchestrated a “scare campaign to drive away advertisers from the X platform” by publishing so-called hate speech reports.

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“CCDH has done this by engaging in a series of unlawful acts designed to improperly gain access to protected X Corp. data, needed by CCDH so that it could cherry-pick from the hundreds of millions of posts made each day on X and falsely claim it had statistical support showing the platform is overwhelmed with harmful content,” the lawsuit reads.

The complaint comes just hours after a letter from X attorney Alex Spiro threatening legal action against the non-profit organization made recent headlines.

Spiro reportedly wrote in the July 20 letter that the center made “a series of troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically,” citing eight examples that X reportedly called “false, misleading or both” from improper research methods.

Related: X Corp. Sues Non-Profit Over ‘Scare Campaign’ Designed To Drive Advertisers Away From Social Media Platform: Report

Newsom Team Appears Agitated That DeSantis Accepted Debate Challenge

The team for California Governor Gavin Newsom appears agitated that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accepted his debate challenge.

Newsom had sought to raise his national profile for months by attacking the now-Republican presidential candidate and has repeatedly challenged him to debate.

During an interview on Fox News with Sean Hannity in June, Newsom said that he was “all in” to debate, that he could go for up to three hours, and he only needed “one day’s notice with no notes.”

DeSantis accepted the debate challenge this week during an interview with Hannity. “Let’s get it done,” DeSantis said. “Just tell me when and where we’ll do it.”

The proposal that Newsom sent to Fox News makes the first date that he is available to debate three months out, contrary to his claim that he only needed “one day’s notice.”

In their separate proposals, both sides have agreed:

Hannity is the moderator. The debate lasts 90 minutes. No help from staff. Both governors get equal speaking time. Governors are not allowed to interrupt each other. Closing statements are two minutes long.

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Where the governors disagree:

DeSantis does not want any opening remarks and instead proposes that each governor can submit a two-minute video that would be aired before the event. Newsom does not want an audience, while DeSantis does and proposed splitting tickets evenly. The two proposed different states for the event — with Georgia being the only state the sides have in common. DeSantis proposed much earlier dates for the debate, but also included a late date that matches the earliest date that Newsom offered.

Newsom’s team, apparently unable to handle a live audience, lashed out at DeSantis when they saw his debate proposal.

“What a joke,” said a Newsom spokesperson to POLITICO. “Desantis’ counterproposal is littered with crutches to hide his insecurity and ineptitude — swapping opening statements with a hype video, cutting down the time he needs to be on stage, adding cheat notes and a cheering section.”

“Ron should be able to stand on his own two feet,” he added. “It’s no wonder Trump is kicking his a**.”

Most of what Newsom’s team said was false. DeSantis proposed the same length for the debate and the same two-minute closing statements. DeSantis did not propose being able to bring in notes and both sides would be allowed to have fans attend with equal ticket allotment.

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