Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, left, sits with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 8, 2023.

CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party, in Austin, Texas, on April 7, 2022.

Elon Musk is proving himself a hypocrite when it comes to free speech, behaving like a spoiled billionaire and mobilizing an army of attorneys to bankrupt his critics with costly lawsuits for complaining about his reprehensible behavior.

This form of lawfare has a special name: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, and they are an insidious form of censorship. While Musk claims the universal right to incite civil war during riots in the United Kingdom, he punishes researchers and executives who threaten his profits by speaking out.

The world’s wealthiest Texan scored a significant legal victory last week after Twitter, now known as X, filed suit against the nonprofit Global Alliance for Responsible Media, its sponsor, the World Federation of Advertisers, and several major corporations.

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WFA and advertisers formed the alliance in 2019 to ensure their marketing did not appear alongside violent, hateful or illicit social media. Advertisers pulled their ads from X after Musk lifted content moderation rules and started reposting controversial content in........

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