treated unfairly at Twitter

 Musk said he would pay legal fees for an employee who was "treated unfairly" at Twitter.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said this weekend on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, that he will pay the legal fees of people mistreated by their employers for liking or posting anything on the platform.

Musk shared the following: "If your employer treated you unfairly because you posted or liked something on this platform, we will pay your legal bill."

He also said there was "no limit" to the legal fees the company would pay.

With a 50% drop in ad revenue reported in July, it's unclear how much X Corp. was willing to pay for the trouble of Twitter users, but Musk remains one of the richest men in the world.

Musk did not provide further details on how users applying for legal support will be vetted or what he sees as "unfair treatment" by employers.

Musk and free speech issues

Musk has been vocal in his support of free speech cases at X. Since taking over the company, he has allowed many previously banned users to return — including former President Donald Trump. He loosened moderation policies and fired a large part of the content moderation team — the group overseeing hate speech and other forms of potentially harmful content on the platform.

But Musk's commitment to free speech has not come without consequences for some who exercise that right: Musk has temporarily suspended several journalists who have written about the organization and banned an account that tracks the flight path of his private jet using publicly available information.

Musk also publicly fired an employee who criticized him on the platform and reportedly fired other employees who criticized Musk behind closed doors.

How did Musk change Twitter?

Along with rebranding Twitter to X, Musk added a premium service called Twitter Blue (now renamed X Blue). An $8/month membership gives users access to a number of subscriber features, including an official blue tick. Before Musk's takeover of X/Twitter last year, the tick was awarded to public figures and organizations that provided proof of identity and met standards of notability and authenticity.