Musk backs Indian-origin doctor

X will pay $300,000 in legal fees for a doctor who sued to silence criticism and lost

Kulvinder Kaur Gill, an Indian-origin doctor, spoke out against government lockdowns and vaccination requirements. However, her stance was faced with lawsuits from medical bodies and suppression by X/twitter’s prior management. In the early months of the COVID-19 epidemic, Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, a Canadian physician, posted on X, then Twitter, about her COVID vaccination scepticism and anti-lockdown convictions. For example, in an August 2020 tweet, Gill said, “If you have not yet figured out that we don’t need a vaccine, you are not paying attention. #Factsnotfear.”

Gill’s posts were heavily criticised by the medical community and covered by journalists from mainstream news agencies. As a result, Gill sued 23 doctors, journalists, and news sites, alleging defamation.

Some of the people she sued had posted their criticism directly to her on the social networking platform X. Faced with a daunting CAD 300,000 (`1,83,75,078) in legal bills, she received assistance from X, which has promised to compensate her expenditures. “When Elon Musk found out about her crowdfunding campaign to pay the judgement (https://givesendgo.com/kulvinder), he promised to help. “X will now fund the remainder of Dr. Gill's campaign so that she can pay her $300,000 judgement and legal expenses,” X stated.

X IS PROUD TO HELP DEFEND DR. KULVINDER KAUR GILL AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO CANCEL HER SPEECH,” X SAID, GOING ON TO SAY THEY WOULD PAY THE REMAINDER OF THE DOCTOR’S $300,000 LEGAL BILLS.