No limits! Discriminated X users will get help with legal bills, says Elon Musk
Elon Musk has offered to fund legal bills of X Corp. users whose posts or likes on the platform led to discrimination by their employers. The billionaire owner of the social media site formerly known as Twitter said there was “no limit” to the offer, Musk said in a post late Saturday.
Musk's tenure as X's owner has seen a spike in harmful content due to content moderation policy changes, according to researchers. It's created concerns among advertisers. The self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” hired NBCUniversal ad executive Linda Yaccarino as X's CEO in May to help repair partnerships in the media industry.
A large, flashing “X” sign on San Francisco's Market Street marked the end of Twitter and its bird branding. It also represented a struggle by Mayor London Breed to get the social network's owner, Elon Musk, to follow city laws.
San Francisco officials had stopped Musk's company last week from taking down the “Twitter” sign in front of the building, as the crane was obstructing traffic. By the weekend, the old sign was gone and a large X was placed on a rooftop, blinking into nearby residential buildings. An inspector filed a complaint with the city because X did not acquire a permit for the work.
By Monday afternoon, the X was taken down — again without a permit, according to the Department of Building Inspection and City Planning, which said it received 24 complaints about it.
“As for Twitter and what's happening there, I think the challenge we're running into is no one can be above the rules,” Breed told Bloomberg last week. “No one minds that you want to do something different and creative with your space, but you can't just do it like changing your sign, obstructing traffic and not even asking anyone for a
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