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Elon Musk

  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump holds rally with Musk at site of assassination attempt

    Tesla founder warns crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania, that Democrats would take away democracy, free speech and gun rights

    Elon Musk and Donald Trump are seen interacting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Musk is wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap, while Trump is facing away from the camera.
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    UK politics
    UK regulator preparing for ‘strong action’ against tech giants

    Ofcom ‘absolutely prepared’ to impose heavy sanctions on platforms that do not comply, Melanie Dawes says

    Melanie Dawes
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    News in-depthUK inward investment
    No Musk, more sponsors: UK races to finalise investment summit

    Organisers rush to pin down agenda, guest list and financial backers for October 14 event

    Montage shows Elon Musk, David Solomon and Keir Starmer
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    Elon Musk complies with Brazilian court’s legal demands for X

    Moves pave the way for the social media site to be restored in the country after a stand-off with judge

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    News in-depthSpace Exploration Technologies Corp
    Elon Musk’s Starlink faces legal jeopardy in Brazil after X ban

    Billionaire’s satellite service is considered vital in remote areas but is coming under new scrutiny in Latin American country

    Montage of Elon Musk, Brazil flag, Starlink logo
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazil imposes fine on Musk’s X after service returns

    Platform says temporary restoration was ‘inadvertent’ but will keep fighting court order that banned it in the country

    Elon Musk’s X account on a mobile phone with a Brazilian flag
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Musk blasts Australia as ‘fascists’ over social media law

    Billionaire X owner has previously clashed with privacy regulator over allegations of censorship

    Elon Musk
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Elon Musk faces possible summons before UK parliament over role of X

    Social media tycoon in sights of MPs as they press for roles chairing key Commons committees

    Elon Musk
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Jemima Kelly
    We must not allow free speech to become a partisan issue

    Repelled by the characters of those who decry censorship, we fail to value rights that are fundamental to liberal democracy

    Ben Hickey illustration of a bubble speech wrapped up with a thorny green ivy.
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazilians rally to protest supreme court judge’s decision to ban X

    Demonstrators say ruling by Alexandre de Moraes is unconstitutional assault on free speech

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    FT Swamp Notes
    Talk of a coming crackdown on social media companies is overblown Premium content

    Brazil’s X ban and Telegram founder’s arrest are exceptions, not the rule

    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
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    News in-depthTesla Inc
    Elon Musk’s China dream stalls as hybrids rush past Tesla

    Consumers shift to plug-in models from local rivals such as BYD

    A BYD electric vehicle
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    X Corp
    X global affairs head Nick Pickles leaves social media company

    Chief executive Linda Yaccarino’s right-hand man helped fight many of the group’s political battles

    Nick Pickles speaks at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington in June 2019
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump touts economic plan to slash prices and taps Musk to help

    Former president vows to cut taxes, pare regulations, boost fossil fuels and raise tariffs

    Donald Trump is wearing a blue suit with a red tie and standing in front of a microphone.
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Marketers threaten to cut spending on Musk’s X in record numbers

    Social media site hit by advertising industry concern over brands appearing next to contentious material

    X logo on mobile phone and laptop
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Elon Musk’s Starlink agrees to block X in Brazil

    Partial climbdown by billionaire follows freezing of satellite internet group’s finances over fines levied on social media site

    A user of X browses through Brazilian posts on a mobile phone
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Gideon Rachman
    Elon Musk is an unguided geopolitical missile

    While his influence is showing up from Ukraine to China, he still lacks the ability to make the law

    James Ferguson illustration of Elon Musk as a ballistic missile.
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazil’s top court orders suspension of Musk’s X amid fight over accounts

    Social media platform’s billionaire owner has been feuding with a top court

    Alexandre de Moraes
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Meta Platforms
    Zuckerberg says White House pressured Meta over Covid-19 content

    Chief of Facebook parent says Biden administration was ‘wrong’ and is ready to ‘push back’ in future

    Mark Zuckerberg
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    X Corp
    Musk’s X to shut Brazilian operation in escalating clash with country’s supreme court

    Social media platform alleges top judge threatened to arrest its legal representative

    Alexandre de Moraes
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    Katie Martin
    How to break up with your X

    Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter

    An illustration of a large X on a golden field, with people walking away from it is all directions
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    Who’s afraid of Elon Musk?

    Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?

    Montage of images of Elon Musk against a background of the X logo and Capital Hill in Washington DC
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Q&AThe Big Question
    The Big Question: should governments do more to regulate social media?

    This week’s Big Question asks readers: do the latest rules used to tame social media go far enough?

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    #techAsia
    China rules on AI and Vietnam draws chip designers Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    ExplainerX Corp
    In charts: Elon Musk’s megaphone reach on X

    Billionaire’s following on social media site has soared during his ownership, amplifying his increasingly incendiary views

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