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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.

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212entries
44countries and the EU
147with an official response
35with a fact-check or court finding
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2 entries: Fights with regulators and courts · South AfricaClear filters

Confrontations with national regulators, courts and laws over his companies.

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Regulators and courts

Musk calls South Africa's B-BBEE rules 'extremely racist'; Ramaphosa says 'Our laws are not racist'

In an exchange on X with foreign ministry official Clayson Monyela, Musk called B-BBEE extremely racist and wrote: Racism should not be rewarded, no matter to which race it is applied. He alleged Starlink had been denied a licence because he is not Black…

Response: President Ramaphosa said: Our laws are not racist. They are empowerment laws meant to uplift people who were discriminated against, and called singling out BEE laws quite dishonest.

South Africa4 sources

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