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Elon Musk and the Three Libel Suits

Twitter’s newest activist investor could be called to testify this week at Johnny Depp defamation trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. If it happens, it wouldn’t be his first time on the stand.

Elon Musk
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Eriq Gardner
April 11, 2022

Now that Elon Musk has become the largest shareholder in Twitter, he threatens to command even greater influence over what circulates online. Musk, after all, is perhaps the social network’s most enthusiastic user, following the defenestration of Donald Trump, and certainly its foremost advocate for unencumbered shitposting. Now, with his $3 billion, 9.1 percent stake, it’s widely expected that Musk will steer the social media giant towards a lighter touch with respect to speech regulation.