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Elon Musk to 'summon MPs to US to explain threats to American citizens' – The Guardian

World’s richest man responds to UK parliamentarians saying they will call him to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation during riots
Elon Musk has said UK MPs “will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens” in a fresh escalation of tensions between the world’s richest man and Labour.
Musk, who has been a fixture at the side of Donald Trump since his re-election as US president, was responding to a Guardian […]
Elon Musk to 'summon MPs to US to explain threats to American citizens' – The Guardian

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Elon Musk faces UK parliament grilling over riots – POLITICO.eu

Move risks escalating a growing war of words between the Musk and the Labour government.
LONDON — Tech billionaire Elon Musk could soon be hauled before the U.K. parliament to answer for his platform X’s part in stoking the riots that tore through the country this summer.
Chi Onwurah, chair of parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, told POLITICO she wanted Musk — picked for a top job in Donald Trump’s incoming U.S. government — and other tech executives […]
Elon Musk faces UK parliament grilling over riots – POLITICO.eu

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MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X's role in UK summer riots – The Guardian

Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call Meta and TikTok executives
MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned.
Senior executives from Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok are also expected to be called for questioning as part of a Commons science and technology select committee […]
MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X's role in UK summer riots – The Guardian

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Elon Musk says UK going 'full Stalin' – POLITICO.eu

Scrapping of tax relief is just like famine-causing Stalin, argues Trump-allied tech billionaire.
LONDON — Elon Musk continued his feud with the British government Monday, accusing it of going “full Stalin” by increasing inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million.
It’s the latest attack by the X-owning Donald Trump ally on Britain’s center-left Labour government, and comes as London tries to smooth ties with Trump’s team before his inauguration.
Musk’s comments, […]
Elon Musk says UK going 'full Stalin' – POLITICO.eu

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What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving Elon Musk's X? – CBS News

Bluesky, a fledgling social media platform, reported Thursday that 1 million users had signed up in a single day. Some frustrated X users appear to have flocked to the newer network in recent weeks.
Bluesky, which began as an internal project by then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in 2019, was invitation-only until it opened to the public in February. Since 2021, it has been an independent company with Jay Graber as its CEO.
It currently has about 18 million users. Graber posted Friday that the […]
What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving Elon Musk's X? – CBS News