The tech entrepreneur, Elon Musk is offering to pay the legal fees for any users of his social network, X, who’ve been discriminated against by their employer because of their actions on the platform.
There is absolutely “no limit” on costs to this proposal and X Corp. is set to “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.
Elon Musk took to his platform over the weekend to share the news: “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.”
Musk has been affirmatively responsive to suggestions posted to X of cases his company could support. The entrepreneur himself has also been known to throw barbs against former employees and critics.
Amid firing thousands after his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk publicly mocked senior director Halli Thorleifsson after the worker tried to gain clarity on his employment status at the company.
Former employees of Musk’s other companies, SpaceX and Tesla Inc., have also complained that they were fired in retaliation for critical comments about him in his role as chief executive officer of both firms.
