Elon Musk admits his comments are hurting Twitter/X as he faces new lawsuit

Elon Musk admitted that his posts on X/Twitter could have hurt the company in the long run, at least from a financial perspective. He did so while testifying on March 27 as part of the trial.

Ben Brody, a 22-year-old man, sued Elon Musk for defamation after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO amplified a conspiracy theory with his comments that falsely identified Brody as a government agent in a fight between two far-right groups. in Oregon (USA).

During his testimony, Brody’s lawyer asked Elon Musk about the purchase of Twitter and the impact of his publications on the social network. The billionaire assured that his comments did not change before and after the acquisition, but his attitude had a negative impact on Twitter/X.

“It may have hurt the company more than it helped, but I post not because it’s convenient, but because I think it’s interesting, important or interesting,” Musk explained. The manager also accused lawyer Ben Brody of trying to make easy money from the lawsuit and also of not fully understanding it.

Elon Musk does not believe that his publications can influence people

Elsewhere in the statement, he assured that his comments should not affect other people. But the lawsuit alleges that Elon Musk’s series of posts promoted and amplified a conspiracy theory that linked the alleged victim to the fight between two far-right groups. There was immediate speculation that Brody was a secret agent for the United States government.

“Looks like one is a student who wants to join the government and the other is possibly a member of Antifa, but this may be a false positive,” one tweet said.

Brody’s lawyer refers to this particular publication, but Elon Musk assured that his comments do not make much sense, especially since this is a response to another tweet. However, he received one million viewsdepending on the platform.

“Are you aware that the number of people who saw your post is equivalent to 30 baseball stadiums filled to capacity?” However, Musk responded that Twitter generates about eight billion views a year, and that one million is “not significant.”

“Isn’t it important that it reached so many people?” Brody’s lawyer asked. “Correct,” Musk replied. “And even more so when we don’t monetize this type of content.”

According to Elon Musk, Ben Brody did not suffer significant damage from the conspiracy theories that the manager helped amplify. Despite the fact that the 22-year-old young man even had to leave his own home due to threats he received from far-right groups.