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The Musk tracker

Elon Musk and governments worldwide

A sourced record of 212 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 43 countries and the European Union, threats and legal action against critics, and the use of market power against competitors. Each entry sets out what he said or did, the background, the response and what happened next.

212entries
44countries and the EU
147with an official response
35with a fact-check or court finding
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2026 2

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines temporarily block X's Grok over sexualised AI images

Indonesia temporarily blocked the Grok chatbot, followed by Malaysia the next day and the Philippines on 16 January, citing sexualised deepfake images generated from real photos.

Response: AP reported that requests for comment to xAI received an automated reply reading Legacy Media Lies. Malaysia's regulator said X's replies relied mainly on user reporting.

2024 1

Market power

Indonesia's competition authority reviews Starlink pricing after predatory-pricing concerns; no finding

Indonesia's Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) held a stakeholder discussion on Starlink's market entry after industry concerns over a 40% device discount and low prices. It said it would keep monitoring the company under the 1999 competition…

Response: Starlink told the KPPU it complies with Indonesian regulations and does not engage in predatory pricing.

Indonesia4 sources