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EU Warns Musk About Interview With Trump

The Digital Services Act applies, official writes

(Newser) - Elon Musk received a public warning from a European Union official to be careful about the language used when he interviews Donald Trump online on Monday night, reminding the billionaire about the organization's rules against harmful content. Thierry Breton pointed out that the interview on X will be viewable...

Maduro Bans X for 10 Days
Maduro Bans X for 10 Days
Aug 9, 2024 4:42 AM CDT

Maduro Bans X for 10 Days

He accuses Musk of inciting 'civil war'

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, accusing Elon Musk of inciting "civil war," has banned X in the country for 10 days. In a speech Thursday, the Venezuelan leader said he signed a resolution from the national communications regulator "to take social network X, formerly known as Twitter, out...

Amid Unrest, UK Government Tells Elon Musk: Tone It Down

Officials say Musk's posts risk inflaming violence in the country

(Newser) - The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country, the AP reports. Justice Minister Heidi Alexander made the comments Tuesday morning...

Elon Musk Is Interviewing Trump Monday, Trump Says

No further details have yet been given

(Newser) - Long gone are the days when there was no love lost between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. The billionaire, who recently endorsed Trump for president and has donated to a pro-Trump PAC , is now apparently planning to sit down with the former president for an interview. Trump made the announcement...

Musk: 'Now It Is War' Against Advertisers

X files antitrust lawsuit over allegedly illegal boycott

(Newser) - "We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Elon Musk said in a post on X Tuesday after the social media company filed an antitrust lawsuit against an advertising industry coalition. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Texas accuses the World Federation of Advertisers and...

Musk on 2nd Brain Chip Implant: 'So Far, So Good'

His Neuralink says another patient has received the chip, in wake of issues with the first patient

(Newser) - Earlier this year, a brain chip from Elon Musk's Neuralink was implanted in a human patient for the first time, with some hiccups . Now, Quartz reports that a second patient has received a Neuralink chip, with the company noting it hopes to carry out eight more such implants by...

Musk Shuts Down X Headquarters in San Francisco

Owner of social media company says he has 'no choice' but to relocate X's HQ to Texas

(Newser) - From the start, Elon Musk's relationship with San Francisco was tinged with tension , and now, it looks like he's severing ties for good. The New York Times has seen a memo from Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter that's owned...

Musk Appears to Breach X&#39;s Rules With Harris Deepfake
Musk Posts Manipulated Harris
Video: 'This Is Amazing'
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 3, 2024 1:00 PM CDT

Musk Posts Manipulated Harris Video: 'This Is Amazing'

He seemingly broke X's own rules against deepfakes, even regarding parody

(Newser) - Last week, Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign with a video that boasted "we choose freedom—the freedom not just to get by, but to get ahead," among other liberties that the vice president vows to protect if elected to the Oval Office. On Friday evening, Elon Musk...

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub
Olympic Boxer Sticks Up
for Rival in Gender Hubbub
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 2, 2024 2:23 PM CDT

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub

Italian boxer Angela Carini apologizes to Algerian foe Imane Khelif

(Newser) - Outcry continues to swirl around an Olympic women's boxer who some say shouldn't have been fighting other women. Italy's Angela Carini bowed out of her match on Thursday against Algeria's Imane Khelif after taking a pretty hard hit right in the face from Khelif, renewing questions...

Musk Accepts Maduro's Challenge to a Fight

'If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela. If he wins, I give him a free ride to Mars'

(Newser) - While it's probably no likelier to happen than the proposed cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk has accepted a challenge from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. After Musk attacked Maduro over the country's disputed election in dozens of posts on X, the Venezuelan leader issued the challenge to...

Don Lemon Says Elon Musk Soured on Partnership Deal
Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk
Over Canceled Deal
UPDATED
Aug 1, 2024 11:56 AM CDT

Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled Deal

Former CNN figure was supposed to host a show on X

(Newser) - Don Lemon has sued Elon Musk over their collapsed deal to have the former CNN anchor host a show on the X platform, reports the New York Times . Lemon says Musk promised him a salary of $1.5 million annually, plus a share of ad revenue, according to the lawsuit....

&#39;White Dudes for Harris&#39; Blasts &#39;Suspicious&#39; X Suspension
X Suspends
'White Dudes for Harris'
Jul 31, 2024 7:11 AM CDT

X Suspends 'White Dudes for Harris'

'We scared @elonmusk,' organizer claims after massive fundraiser

(Newser) - White Dudes for Harris raised more than $4 million for the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, then had its X account suspended. The group had celebrated its wildly successful livestream fundraiser on the platform, writing , "This is the start of something special and we couldn'...

Musk: My Trans Kid Is &#39;Dead&#39; Due to &#39;Woke Mind Virus&#39;
Musk: I Will
'Destroy the Woke
Mind Virus' Over
My Trans Kid
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 27, 2024 4:40 PM CDT

Musk: I Will 'Destroy the Woke Mind Virus' Over My Trans Kid

SpaceX CEO had a lot to say on the matter to conservative commentator Jordan Peterson

(Newser) - If you've been wondering why Elon Musk spends so much time online criticizing gender-affirming care, a conversation this week sheds some more light on a big reason behind that: his 20-year-old trans daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson. Mediaite reports that the SpaceX and Tesla CEO sat down Monday for an...

Musk's Daughter Calls Out His 'Entirely Fake' Claims

'He doesn't know what I was like as a child because he quite simply wasn't there'

(Newser) - Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged daughter, is firing back at what she says are "entirely fake" claims he has made about her. "I think he was under the assumption that I wasn't going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,"...

Musk: I Never Said I'd Give $45M a Month to Trump

But SpaceX CEO says he did set up a super PAC to help fund GOP nominee

(Newser) - In his sit-down Monday with Canadian conservative commentator Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk attracted lots of buzz with his comments on the "woke mind virus" that he claims led his transgender daughter astray. However, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO also cleared up reporting that he'd pledged to funnel $45...

Newsom Slams Musk: &#39;You Bent the Knee&#39;
Newsom,
Musk Swap
'Knee'
Insults
Jul 18, 2024 9:36 AM CDT

Newsom, Musk Swap 'Knee' Insults

California governor criticizes billionaire after decision to uproot HQs of SpaceX and X

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Elon Musk don't appear to be on speaking terms at the moment, but they are on tweeted-insult terms.
  • "You bent the knee," Newsom wrote of Musk's new embrace of Donald Trump, reports the Hill . Accompanying the tweet was a 2022 post
...

Musk Is Moving 2 More Company HQs to Texas

He says California law on trans identity is the 'final straw' for X, SpaceX

(Newser) - Years after he moved Tesla's headquarters from California to Texas, Elon Musk is taking two more of his companies down the same road. In a post on X, Musk called a California law on transgender students the "final straw," Reuters reports. "Because of this law and...

Elon Musk May End Up as Biggest Donor in 2024 Race

Wall Street Journal reports he is committing $45M a month to Trump

(Newser) - Elon Musk isn't just backing Donald Trump with an endorsement and a one-off donation . The Wall Street Journal reports that the billionaire is committing $45 million a month to see Trump back in office. Musk—the world's richest person by the reckoning of Forbes with $252 billion—is...

Within Hour of Gunshots, Musk Picked His 2024 Candidate

Billionaire endorses Trump after steering clear of backing a presidential favorite

(Newser) - Elon Musk had not endorsed a candidate in this year's presidential race—until Saturday. Roughly 30 minutes after Donald Trump was shot, the billionaire weighed in: "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," Musk tweeted . And when it became clear that Trump would...

Musk Reportedly Makes Big Move for Trump

Bloomberg says he made a 'sizable' donation to a pro-Trump PAC

(Newser) - For the record, Elon Musk has not endorsed a candidate in the 2024 race. Bloomberg , however, reports that the billionaire has just made an unspecified but "sizable" donation to a political action committee supporting Donald Trump. We may learn the details soon—America PAC is due to release its...

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