Elon Musk defends his right to be a Twitter troll at 'pedo guy' trial

Elon Musk apologized to the jury before reading some of his tweets aloud while testifying in court Wednesday.

"I was calling myself Treelon at that time," he said, explaining an unusual Twitter avatar and name displayed on the screen.

The room tittered, but the brief aside was more relevant to the case than it might seem. This extremely Elon explanation was what he was really fighting for in court this week: the right to keep being a troll on Twitter. 

Musk is on trial for allegedly defaming Vernon Unsworth, a member of the mission that rescued the Thai boys' soccer team that became trapped in a cave in July 2018. In a CNN interview, Unsworth criticized Musk's efforts to help — and Musk lashed out on Twitter as a result.  Read more...