X is funding lawsuit against Jack Dorsey’s Block to support ‘free speech rights’

X is funding litigation Chloe Happe filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Block, which was founded by Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter. Happe said in the lawsuit that Bullock wrongfully fired her in retaliation for two posts she made on her own time on what she called an “anonymous satirical account.” A post published after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 referred to refugees who fled Gaza and came to the Kurdistan region. In another post, she used ableist language and trans slurs while mentioning the use of “gender-neutral bathrooms in offices.”

Happe repeatedly stressed that she “expressed her political views, opinions or beliefs in a satirical form.” She said Bullock was not mentioned in any of her posts on the anonymous account and she did not make them during work hours. Happe also said she “voluntarily deleted” the post about refugees within days of posting it. After seeing that X had limited its visibility, she deleted the defamatory post the same day it was posted.

But Bullock was still given copies of the posts and would not tell her whether other employees had complained about them, she argued in the lawsuit, acknowledging that she initially denied posting the posts because she feared she would get in trouble. She accused Bullock of firing her without severance simply because she expressed views the company disagreed with. Happe argued that Bullock’s policy clearly allowed employees to post comments like hers, so the company violated its own rules. Block (financial services company) and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey publicly supported Elon Musk before he took over ownership of the social media platform. However, he changed his tune last year and criticized Musk, saying “everything went bad” after he took over and that he “should give up” on the acquisition.

In his name, Musk Forward X announced its support for Happe’s lawsuit with the caption: “Supporting your right to free speech.” The company had previously Funding other litigation In the name of “free speech”. One such case is a lawsuit filed by Gina Carano against Lucasfilm and Disney, who she accuses of removing her from the company. The Mandalorian Expressed views that “did not fit into the accepted narrative of the time.” Carano specifically questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and added “boop/bop/beep” as her pronouns. She also shared a post on Instagram comparing the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi-era Germany.

Happe is asking for a court order to reinstate her status as a Bullock employee. She also seeks compensatory and punitive damages, including lost wages since her dismissal.

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