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X is fund a lawsuit The lawsuit was filed by Chloe Happe against her former employer, Block, which was founded by Jack Dorsey, who founded the website formerly known as Twitter. In her lawsuit, Ms. Happe claimed that Mr. Bullock wrongfully fired her in retaliation for two posts she made to X in private on what she called a “pseudonymous satirical account.” One of the posts, posted after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, referred to refugees who had fled Gaza and arrived in the Kurdistan Region. Another article used ableist language and slurs against transgender people, while referring to the use of “gender-neutral office restrooms.”
Happe reiterated that he “expressed my political views, opinions and beliefs in the form of satire.” She did not mention the block in posts on her anonymous account, and she said she did not make those posts during her work hours. Happe also “voluntarily deleted” her posts about refugees within days of her posting, she said. She learned that X had limited visibility and the same day she posted the defamatory post, she deleted it.
But Ms. Bullock still obtained a copy of the post and did not tell her when another employee complained about it, she claims in the lawsuit, initially fearing she would get in trouble. He admitted that he refused to post it. She accused Mr. Block of being fired without dismissal simply because she had expressed her views with which the company disagreed. Happe said Block’s policies explicitly allow employees to engage in speech activities like her posts, so she blames the company for violating her own rules. insisted. Jack Dorsey, the founder of both Block (a financial services company) and his Twitter, publicly supported Elon Musk before Musk took over ownership of the social media platform. But last year he his tone changed Musk criticized the company, saying that “everything went wrong” after taking office and that he “should have backed away” from the acquisition.
As explained by Elon Musk, retweeted Company X announced that it supported Happe’s lawsuit, with a caption that read, “We support the right to free speech.” The company previously funded other lawsuits In the name of “freedom of speech”.One of those lawsuits was Gina Carano’s lawsuit against Lucasfilm and Disney, which she accused of excluding her from Lucasfilm. the mandalorian for expressing views that were “not consistent with the accepted narrative at the time.” Carano specifically questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and added “boo/bap/beep” as her signature. She also shared a post on Instagram comparing the treatment of conservatives in America to the treatment of Jews in Nazi-era Germany.
Happe is asking the court to order him reinstated as an employee of Block. She also seeks compensatory and punitive damages, including the loss of her salary from the time she was fired.
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