As advertisers flee Twitter, Elon Musk boldly claimed that he could sue the organizers of a boycott against the platform. The activists, however, weren’t fazed—and neither were legal experts, who scoffed at the threat.
boldly claimed that he could sue the organizers of a boycott against the platform. The activists, however, weren’t fazed—and neither were legal experts, who scoffed at the threat.
She added, “I guess I just don't really comprehend how he couldn't surround himself with constitutional law experts.” Experts in torts law told The Daily Beast the activists have little to worry about. Keith Hylton, a professor at Boston University School of Law, said tortious interference is usually invoked when a third party meddles with someone else’s business relationships—say, driving away their customers—purely in the interest of causing them harm. “It’s not as if that person is trying to persuade the customer to do business with them instead,” Hylton explained.
“If you have a civil rights group that’s sending out letters because they think they have a concern with hate speech — well, that's what they always do, that’s what their business is,” Hylton said. “It would be a strange thing to do to find them liable for engaging in the speech they always engage in.”
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