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X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, is facing 2,200 arbitration cases that ex-employees filed after Elon Musk took over the company, slashed headcount, and made other sweeping changes there. The filing fees alone for that volume of cases could amount to $3.5 million.

The arbitration numbers were revealed in a new filing out Monday as part of a lawsuit in a Delaware district court. The case is Chris Woodfield v. Twitter, X Corp. and Elon Musk (No. 1:23-cv-780-CFC).

As CNBC has previously reported, many large corporations require workers to sign an arbitration agreement upon employment wherever it is legal to do so. This means to speak freely in court, where their speech can become part of a public record, workers would first need to get an exemption from a judge.

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[-] Bread@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 year ago

I think it would be better to say "Twitter, currently branded as X" it is both useful and makes it look like it is just a cringy phase a teenager might go through temporarily. So you should just ignore the change and it will eventually resolve itself.

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

The x.com URL just points at Twitter.com

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 28 points 1 year ago

IMO the whole renaming/redirecting/retheming situation with twitter looks like an unprofessional half hearted aquisition lol

[-] woodgen@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Both engineers are working on it.

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

"The site formerly known as Twitter"

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

The site still located at Twitter.com

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