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23-01-2025 09:35:13 GMT

Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account
Elon Musk has spent much of the past couple of days trying to explain away his offensive antics at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Whether or not it was a deliberate salute, when you support far-right parties in Germany and elsewhere you can hardly act surprised when people put two and two together.
Much of the coverage of Musk centres on his bizarre actions and declarations, […]
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

23-01-2025 05:35:12 GMT

Elon Musk, Sam Altman trade barbs as Tesla mogul shades OpenAI over $500B Stargate project

Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded barbs on social media Wednesday after the OpenAI boss took center stage at the White House to unveil his ambitious $500 billion “Stargate” AI infrastructure project.
Appearing alongside Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, Altman discussed a joint venture to build advanced data centers in Texas that will power advanced AI systems during a Oval office press conference on Tuesday.
However, Musk immediately dished dirt on […]
Elon Musk, Sam Altman trade barbs as Tesla mogul shades OpenAI over $500B Stargate project

21-01-2025 16:35:10 GMT

Elon Musk's 'Nazi' salute sparks fury from Europe's left wing – POLITICO.eu

Lawmakers and media pour scorn on the key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Europe’s left-wingers on Tuesday raced to condemn Elon Musk after the world’s richest man performed a stiff-armed salute at an event to celebrate new United States President Donald Trump.
“My heart goes out to you,” Musk said on stage at Washington’s Capital One Arena, as he thanked Trump’s supporters. He then put his hand to his chest and extended a rigid right arm with his palm […]
Elon Musk's 'Nazi' salute sparks fury from Europe's left wing – POLITICO.eu

20-01-2025 21:35:11 GMT

Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk's X – POLITICO.eu

Negatives clearly outweigh the positives, says editor-in-chief.

This article is also available in: French
One of France’s most prominent newspapers, Le Monde, is abandoning Elon Musk’s X, the paper’s editor-in-chief announced Monday.
In his editorial, Jérôme Fenoglio said the burgeoning alliance between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and “social platform bosses” like Musk and Mark Zuckerberg poses a global threat to free access to reliable information.
Le Monde’s move […]
Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk's X – POLITICO.eu

20-01-2025 09:35:09 GMT

An information dark age is upon us. I'm logging off | Stewart Lee – The Guardian

As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out
Wow! That escalated quickly. Last time I filed my supposedly funny column, only two weeks ago, Los Angeles wasn’t on fire; Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg hadn’t abandoned the guardrails that restrict neo-fascist lies, or “free speech” as they are now known; the US hadn’t threatened to invade Canada and Greenland; Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson hadn’t declared the […]
An information dark age is upon us. I'm logging off | Stewart Lee – The Guardian