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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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1 entry: Attacks on leaders, judges and officials · IrelandClear filters

Public attacks on heads of government, ministers, judges and officials.

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Musk says Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 'hates the Irish people' after Dublin riots

Responding to a user who said the Irish government wanted all of your freedoms, Musk wrote that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hates the Irish people. In a second post he wrote that the Irish government 'clearly cares more about praise from woke media than their…

Response: Varadkar said existing incitement-to-hatred legislation was not up to date for the social-media age and that platforms and individuals posting hateful content both bear responsibility (Business Ins…

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