Elon Musk Tests Europe’s Willingness to Enforce Its Online Laws - The New York Times (Thanks to Matte for this one)
Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.
Elon Musk is daring European authorities to take him on.
The billionaire lashed out at the European Union over the past week after regulators fined X, the social media platform he owns, roughly $140 million for violating digital transparency rules.
In response, Mr. Musk called for the abolishment of the 27-nation bloc, compared it to Nazi Germany and cast efforts to regulate X as a personal attack. X also barred the European Commission, which issued the fine last week, from advertising on the platform for policy violations.
“The E.U. should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” Mr. Musk wrote on X.
