Elon Musk promises to cover legal fees for people fired over tweets - Is this practical?

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Guest - Mudiwa Gavaza - business writer for the Business Day and Financial Mail



Elon Musk has offered to fund the legal bills of any users of his social network, X, who’ve been discriminated against by their employer because of their actions on the platform.

The proposal comes with “no limit” on costs and X Corp. will “go after the boards of directors of the companies too,” he said in messages posted to the site Saturday night.

The billionaire, who acquired Twitter for $44 billion in October and recently rebranded it as X, has made a habit of announcing major policy changes for the service late at night or over weekends.
7 Aug 2023 5PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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