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Photo illustration showing Elon Musk's post on X on a mobile phone, with a Union Jack in the background. Elon Musk has posted a stream of online attacks on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on his platform X, formerly Twitter.
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European leaders call out Elon Musk

Musk has written a number of recent social media posts to show his support of far-right populists in Europe and to attack politicians on the left. Now, European leaders believe, is the time to brush him back.

Telegram and X back down
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Telegram and X back down

Telegram now says it will share information with law enforcement “in response to valid legal requests," an about-face that came just days after self-styled “free speech” crusader Elon Musk climbed down in his battle with Brazil.

Three ways to look at Brazil’s fight with Elon Musk
Analysis

Three ways to look at Brazil’s fight with Elon Musk

What on Earth is going on in Brazil? The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is locked in a high-profile, increasingly nasty clash with Latin America’s largest economy, which has recently banned Musk’s X platform.

​The X account of Elon Musk in seen blocked on a mobile screen in this illustration after Brazil's telecommunications regulator suspended access to Elon Musk's X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor, Sao Paulo, Brazil taken August 31, 2024.
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Brazil vs. Musk: Now in low Earth orbit

The battle between Brazil and Elon Musk has now reached the stars — or the Starlink, at least — as the billionaire’s satellite internet provider refuses orders from Brazil’s telecom regulator to cut access to X.

ChatGPT website displayed on a laptop screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Milano, Italy, on February 21 2023
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Hard Numbers: ChatGPTers double, Japan’s AI military, Google’s AI pop-ups, Magic money, Musk vs. Brazil

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Analysis

Trolling with power: Elon Musk’s online antics are getting real

Businessman, entrepreneur, and increasingly, a disruptive force in geopolitics.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: X’s neo-Nazi problem, China’s export extravaganza, America’s economic bounce, Oreo’s antitrust woes, Russia’s bumpy flights

150: American History X? A study by NBC found that at least 150 openly pro-Nazi premium accounts are active on the social media platform (formerly known as Twitter.)

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk pauses during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, on Nov. 2, 2023.
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OK, Doomer

British PM Rishi Sunak hosted several world leaders, including UN Secretary-General António Guterres and US Vice President Kamala Harris, at last week’s AI Summit. But the biggest celebrity draw was his sit-down interview with billionaire Elon Musk — among the world’s richest men and the controlling force behind Tesla, SpaceX, and X, formerly known as Twitter.

Elon Musk claims he's lifting weights to prepare to fight Mark Zuckerberg.

What We’re Ignoring: Revenge of the nerds

There’s growing evidence that the much-ballyhooed mixed martial arts battle between X-Man Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may actually take place.