Why would he want to richest man in the world to fly” $ 44 billion in a 16 year old company, which despite growing in one of the hottest markets has not shown the development of its competitors? Officially, the Elon Musk declares that acquires Twitter to secure the freedom of speech.
“Freedom of speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy and Twitter is the digital square of the village, where issues critical to the future of humanity are discussed.”he said after the deal was announced.
Musk himself has for years declared himself a defender of freedom of speech. But as many find, his fight for freedom of speech applies mainly to his own speech or that of his admirers and supporters.
The reason of the employees
On her subject freedom of speech of its employees, for example, Musk shows little tolerance. According to CNBC, the Tesla asks the dismissed employees to sign a document prohibiting them from maligning the company, its products and the management and not to discuss the reasons for their dismissal with other employees, except with the lawyer, the accountant and their immediate family .
According to employee complaints, within Tesla incidents of racism, racial and other forms of abuse and discrimination are recorded, while there are also complaints about the safety of working conditions. Many employees complain that they received retaliation when they spoke about these problems.
Freedom of the press
Musk has repeatedly tried to control journalists, bloggers, analysts and other researchers and what they say about his business, their products and himself.
In 2018, in a teleconference with analysts about the results of Tesla, he had interrupted an analyst when he asked about the capital adequacy of the company, saying: “Sorry, next, next. “Boring, stupid questions are not cool.”
He has also asked his Twitter followers to change his Wikipedia resume (with them doing so).
The reason of the customers
Tesla used to ask its customers to sign confidentiality agreements in order to get their cars to the garage.
In China, the company has sued customers who complained about safety issues with their cars, while he also sued an influencer who uploaded a video pointing out the issues with Tesla’s automatic braking system.
Freedom of speech on his own terms
Elon Musk recently said that Starlink satellite internet service will keep the Russian media online, despite calls from some governments to block them due to the war in Ukraine.
On the labor front, Musk is battling a court ruling that says he should delete a post from his Twitter account because it violates workers’ rights. The 2018 tweet says: “Nothing stops the Tesla team in our factory from building a union. They could do it tomorrow if they wanted to. “But why pay a union membership and give their stock options for nothing?”
Also, Musk is not implementing the compromise agreement he has made with the American Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused him of stock fraud due to his tweets. The agreement stipulates that a lawyer must approve some of his tweets before uploading them (when they may affect Tesla’s stock), which the businessman does not enforce, citing his right to free speech.
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