Twitter – now known as X – will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of users who have seen their employment status impacted by their activity on the social media site, claims owner Elon Musk.

In a post on the site late on Saturday, Musk said: “If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill. No limit. Please let us know.”

In a later response to a post, Musk doubled down on this stance, adding: "And we won't just sue, it will be extremely loud and we will go after the boards of directors of the companies too.”

There have been numerous incidents of social media users losing their jobs after posting inflammatory comments on Twitter and other platforms.

Chief executive Linda Yaccarino, who took over from Musk at the beginning of June, is yet to comment on the policy adoption.

Musk, who acquired Twitter in late 2022 for $44 billion, has recently attempted to rebrand the company as X – despite trademarks for this branding in a social media context being owned by Meta within a social media context. The company has faced opposition from the city of San Francisco over the rebrand, with the company failing to secure adequate permits from the city to remove the headquarter’s iconic Twitter sign and erect a glowing X on top of the building.

Advertising revenue on Twitter/X has suffered a nearly 50 per cent drop since Musk’s takeover, with the South African Tesla chief exec reportedly due to pay around $1 billion per year of interest to lenders that funded the acquisition.

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