"Elon Musk's Controversies: From Fact-Checking Confessions to Defamation Denials"

Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, admitted in a deposition that his social media posts "may have done more to financially impair the company than to help it" in a defamation lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by a 22-year-old man who accused Musk of falsely linking him to a neo-Nazi "false flag" demonstration. Musk acknowledged the risk of being incorrect in his posts but emphasized the importance of free speech. The lawsuit has led to an exodus of advertisers from the platform, and Musk's lawyer's request for confidentiality of the deposition transcript was denied.