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Elon Musk
Free speech is too important to leave it to the likes of Elon Musk and Donald Trump to defend
We may be repelled by those who decry censorship, but we must not let rights that are fundamental to liberal democracy become a partisan issue
Advertisers threaten to cut spending on Elon Musk’s X in record numbers
Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material
Do Musk’s Teslas still fit in liberal California?
If Elon Musk has hurt his car company’s brand, it’s not showing yet
Tesla’s brand takes another hit amid Musk controversies
The electric vehicle group’s founder is more likely to be in the news these days for his hard-right ramblings than for EVs
Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?
Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content
‘Things are worse than we ever imagined,’ says Starmer before flying to Germany for ‘reset’
Planet Business: SpaceX’s ‘reliable’ Crew Dragon, the highest-earning tennis players and a first-class error at Qantas
Brazilian court orders ‘total suspension’ of X as row with Elon Musk deepens
Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country
Elon Musk’s X braced for ban in Brazil amid fight with judge
Judge Alexandre de Moraes says moves against platform are part of fight to protect democracy from misinformation and hateful content
Using fear to sell AI is a bad idea
Constant warnings about the technology’s power prime early users for disappointment
Telegram app founder Pavel Durov arrested in France - French media report
Durov was travelling aboard his private jet at Bourget airport outside Paris when arrested by police
We are prioritising all the wrong kinds of weirdos
Pioneer inventors including Buckminster Fuller imagined a technology-driven future directed towards sustainability but it is a future that has been forgotten
I gave up on X because of the drip, drip of casual racism
Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter
Who’s afraid of X owner Elon Musk?
Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?
Trump ditches Truth Social investors for Elon Musk and X
Shifting back to X may may political sense, but it won’t help Trump Media’s shareholders
Trouble has been brewing for Starbucks – can the new boss perk things up?
Planet Business: Disney prepares to defrost Frozen franchise, a change of judge in Musk’s advertiser lawsuit, and artists who have objected to Donald Trump using their music
The Irish Times view on Elon Musk and the regulators: more conflict ahead
The billionaire’s actions undermines the contention that social media companies provide a value-neutral servic
Musk’s lack of interest in truth shows why Government must act on media ownership
Owning a media lodestar can be the ultimate ego trip as Elon Musk demonstrated with his travesty of an ‘interview’ with Donald Trump
JK Rowling and Elon Musk named in Imane Khelif cyberbullying lawsuit
Algerian Olympic champion boxer files criminal complaint in France against X over alleged ‘cyber-harassment'
Trump’s ‘conversation’ with Musk reveals dangers that were not made explicit until now
Former US president lauds Russian leader while being profoundly hostile to the European Union
Kamala Harris’s storming opening salvo has left Donald Trump scrambling to regain his early momentum
Trump may have looked active on the campaign trail compared to Biden, but he must be intimidated by the energy and organisation of Harris’s storming three weeks
Twitter ordered to pay record €550,000 to senior executive in Ireland
Record WRC award after Twitter offered €22,834 severance to senior Irish Twitter staffer who was deemed by company to have resigned
Donald Trump revisits most divisive talking points in interview with Elon Musk
Discussion on X hit by technical issues which platform’s owner blamed on a ‘massive’ cyberattack
One law for megarich provocateur Elon Musk, another for the poor idiots who follow
The eejits who get caught have been hooked by algorithms engineered by social media companies
Donald Trump returns to X in victory for Elon Musk
Former president, who was banned from Twitter in 2021, could provide boost to the platform
Why I no longer crave a Tesla
Elon Musk’s antics are turning off the most obvious customers for his cars
Musk’s toxic politics alienating customers and advertisers
Trump cheerleading, inflammatory comments on British race riots and suing advertisers are all damaging to image of Tesla founder and X owner
Global stock markets left on edge after Tokyo’s ‘Black Monday’ reprise
Planet Business: Another acquisition target for Mars, Elon Musk’s advertiser lawsuit and the new name for Twickenham
Advertising coalition shuts down after Musk’s X sues
Global Alliance for Responsible Media said it does not have resources to fight suit and continue operating
Moronic marriage of loyalists and ‘Irish patriots’ revives Troubles-era nightmares
Alliance of green and orange sectarian supremacists in Belfast shows fascism is on the march and is leveraging the new global weapon of mass destruction: gullibility
Musk’s X sues group over ad boycott that cost billions
Outcry over unchecked antisemitic content and commentary on X sparked many big advertisers to pull ads from the platform
Simon Harris condemns online threats as Micheál Martin criticises Elon Musk’s X
Taoiseach said he would ‘never be deterred’ from job by threats and intimidation online
Keir Starmer vows speedy punishment to quell violence targeting Muslim communities
British prime minister says protesters causing harm will face ‘full force of law’
‘Cultural Christians’ Elon Musk and Richard Dawkins undermine Christianity’s very foundations
They claim to applaud the principles of Christianity while professing none of its faith
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