Tesla has sued customers, journalists in China

Tesla treats customers in China much differently than in the U.S.
CEO Elon Musk spent years referring to himself as a “free speech absolutist.” When he acquired Twitter (now X) in 2022, he framed the deal as necessary for preserving free speech in the United States and beyond.
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Tesla has sued customers and journalists in China for defamation
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Takeaways: Tesla has sued Chinese customers and journalists — and won almost every time
Tesla has embraced an aggressive legal strategy in China to stifle its critics — suing its own customers. Zhang Yazhou protested publicly that her Model 3's brakes had failed and caused an accident in 2021 that sent her parents to the hospital.
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