Musk, who on Monday agreed the terms of a $44 billion buyout of Twitter, on Tuesday took issue with a decision made by the company's top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde.Īnd on Wednesday he refuted claims that making such public criticism had directed bullies towards Gadde, who earns $17 million-a-year and is known within Twitter as the firm's 'moral authority.' Published: 00:21 BST, 28 April 2022 | Updated: 03:50 BST, 28 April 2022Įlon Musk has defended himself against The Washington Post's claim that he set his online 'attack dogs' on Twitter executives, pointing out that the newspaper attacks him 'all the time'. Musk also questioned whether The New York Times had resorted to buying Twitter followers.His followers then began attacking Gadde, who was also responsible for the decisions to ban Donald Trump and end political advertising.Musk said: 'Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate'.Gadde decided that their reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop was obtained from hacking, but Twitter later reversed the decision and apologized.The paper was reacting to Musk on Tuesday singling out the decision made by Twitter's lawyer Vijaya Gadde to suspend The New York Post's account.
'The Washington Post targets me relentlessly!': Musk defends himself against claims he directed hatred towards Twitter's $17m-a-year lawyer for censoring Hunter Biden laptop and suggests New York Times buys fake followers