Elon Musk sued for defamation by worker in Ireland employed to stop disruptive posts on X

Part of the plaintiff's role with the company is to help prevent disruption and misinformation being posted on X about elections

It is Aaron Rodericks' case that Elon Musk (pictured) defamed him in a tweet in response to a media report entitled "Musk's X Cuts Half of Election Integrity Team After Promising to Expand It" where it is claimed that Mr Rodericks is identified. File photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth

A senior Irish-based employee of the social media platform X has launched defamation proceedings where he seeks damages against its majority shareholder Elon Musk.

Aaron Rodericks, who is the co-lead of Threat Disruption at X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter claims he was defamed and his reputation damaged by Mr Musk in a tweet published on the entrepreneur's personal twitter handle.