X has pledged to “protect our right to free speech”. The micro-blogging platform – which is owned by billionaire businessman Elon Musk – has revealed that it lent its support to Juan David Campolargo, who was previously evicted from the University of Illinois over comments that he made on X “about free food on campus”. A statement on X explained: “When we learned Mr. Campolargo had been disciplined due to his X posts, we intervened to support him. If you can be punished for posting about free food, what can’t you be punished for? X hired the Schaerr Jaffe law firm, at no cost to Mr. Campolargo…