Dozens of decisions from a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice related to his targeting of Elon Musk’s social media platform X have been revealed.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes had barred X from making the decisions public, but the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee, as a result of committee subpoenas involving X, revealed the decisions in a 541-page staff report, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/brazil-twitter-elon-musk-x-censorship-f51dc67d51c8f5a1cf152ba467f44a8f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
“To comply with its obligations under U.S. law, X Corp. has responded to the Committee,” X stated earlier this week.
De Moraes had demanded permanent bans on at least 150 X profiles from elected officials and journalists, according to investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger, who <a href="https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1781047600663122257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>:
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Given the dependence of elected leaders on social media, these demands for bans may constitute electoral interference. In one case, De Moraes demanded that all major social media platforms, including at least one, Twitter, which did not publish the offending material, ban a federal Congressman, Marcel Van Hattem. The TSE had claimed that Van Hattem had criticized the election results. Not only had Van Hattan’s video not been related to the elections, but it was also a criticism of the Labor Department. It was released one day before the election.
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De Moraes absolutely interfered with the Brazil elections <a href="https://t.co/QYCQf02Vzq">https://t.co/QYCQf02Vzq</a>
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“Musk is indeed a very innovative businessman; he innovated with electric cars, he innovated with rockets and now he invented a new form of non-compliance of a court order, through an intermediary,” Carlos Affonso, director of the nonprofit Institute of Technology and Society, told the AP. “He said he would reveal the documents and he found someone to do this for him.”
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&#8220;About 40 million Brazilians, or about 18% of the population, access X at least once per month, according to market research group eMarketer,&#8221; the AP noted.
After de Moraes ordered X to block the accounts earlier this month, Musk said he would defy the court’s order once his employees were in a “safe place” where they could not be arrested. De Moraes then issued a <a href="https://www.migalhas.com.br/quentes/404983/moraes-inclui-elon-musk-no-inquerito-das-milicias-digitais" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a>  accusing Musk of obstruction of justice and incitement to crime. On April 13, X’s legal representative in Brazil informed de Moraes they would comply with all court orders.

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Dozens of major brands said they could not advertise on X because of a poor rating from a third-party “brand safety” firm that now admits it made a mistake, the social media platform says.
DoubleVerify, a firm that rates digital platforms such as X based on how they handle questionable content like racism or “misinformation,” acknowledged it made a mistake with its rating of billionaire Elon Musk&#8217;s social media platform.
“DoubleVerify recently discovered a graphical error in the display of X’s Brand Safety Rate in DV’s Pinnacle dashboard that resulted in displaying an incorrect, lower rate,&#8221; CEO Mark Zegorski <a href="https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/x-twitter-brand-saftey-rate-doubleverify-apology-1235971603/">said</a>. &#8220;This display error occurred over four and a half months.”
“Based on DoubleVerify’s metrics, X’s Brand Safety Rate across all campaigns we measured exceeded 99.99%,” he wrote. “We take full responsibility” and “apologize for any conclusion.”
Joe Benarroch, X&#8217;s head of business operations, told The Daily Wire that the misrepresentation “has caused incalculable damage to our business.”  
He says companies including Campbell’s and ConAgra were hesitant to advertise on X after the DoubleVerify dashboard displayed a poor rating for a Molson Coors X campaign. All three companies use subsidiaries of the <a href="https://www.publicisgroupe.com/en/news/press-releases/publicis-media-launches-once-and-for-all-coalition-to-build-more-equitable-ad-ecosystem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Publicis Media</a>, which says it wants to “build [a] more equitable ad ecosystem,” as their ad-buying firm. 
Campbell’s spokesman James F. Regan denied that story, saying the brands have not advertised on X since 2020 and “the decision was tied to consumer behavior and performance.” ConAgra and Molson Coors did not return requests for comment.
Benarroch said that there were “dozens” of companies “who used [DoubleVerify] to justify stopping advertising.” He said that advertisers did business with X freely when it was known as Twitter and run by a politically liberal CEO, but cited “brand safety” to stop advertising since the acquisition by Elon Musk, even though “prior to acquisition, there was little to no brand safety capabilities,” and “90% of all brand safety capabilities and partnerships were put in place post-acquisition.”
DoubleVerify is a publicly traded company that pulls in massive sums, reporting <a href="https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_b14b6f43ac9e1e57c442f6bd5b46468b/doubleverify/news/2024-02-28_DoubleVerify_Reports_Fourth_Quarter_and_Full_Year__281.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">half a billion dollars</a> in revenue in 2023. The demand for its services was partly created by the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which says that no company should advertise on news sources that promote “misinformation.&#8221; 
To determine which outlets are unacceptable, advertisers defer to third-party firms. Critics say those firms act as partisan activist groups that gin up business with the implied threat that companies could face boycotts from the Left if they advertise on channels such as Fox News. The firms have rated mainstream, center-right news outlets like Reason Magazine and the New York Post as unsuitable to advertise on, and advocates have spoken of the ratings systems as a way to bankrupt disfavored news organizations.
In 2020, DoubleVerify <a href="https://doubleverify.com/newsroom/doubleverify-announces-next-evolution-of-brand-safety-suitability-brand-suitability-tiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it was “the first verification company to align product functionality with the Brand Safety Floor and Brand Suitability Framework advanced by the 4A’s Advertising Protection Bureau (APB) and World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). “
DoubleVerify openly displays its political sensibilities. The company says it is <a href="https://doubleverify.com/deib/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focused</a> on “Breaking the Bias in Ad Tech” and “Bringing Pronouns to the Workplace,” and hosted a “Social Justice Hackathon.”
DoubleVerify did not immediately return a request for comment on how its error affected only X, and why users should trust a “misinformation” rating system that pushed misinformation. 
The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether GARM <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-calls-in-head-of-advertisers-alleged-censorship-operation-using-antitrust-laws-to-target-woke-collusion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violated anti-trust laws</a>, and said it has seen evidence that, though the group purported to be focused on “safety” and “misinformation,” it actually targeted news outlets based on their politics, including The Daily Wire, Fox News, and Breitbart. 
It has demanded evidence from companies that compose the GARM “steering committee,”  Unilever, Procter &amp; Gamble, GroupM, Diageo, and Mars.

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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is widely viewed as controversial because he seems to use the judicial system to impose his will on others, is targeting X owner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> and employees at the company for refusing to restrict accounts on the platform that engage in what he alleges is the dissemination of fake news.
De Moraes is so controversial that even The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/world/americas/brazil-alexandre-de-moraes.html">notes</a> that he uses &#8220;a broad interpretation of the court’s powers&#8221; to &#8220;investigate and prosecute, as well as to silence on social media, anyone he deems a menace to Brazil’s institutions.&#8221;
The Times noted that he has jailed people for social media posts, suspended an elected governor from his job, &#8220;ordered raids on businessmen with little evidence of wrongdoing,&#8221; and has &#8220;unilaterally blocked dozens of accounts and thousands of posts on social media, with virtually no transparency or room for appeal.&#8221;
In addition to investigating Musk and X for content allowed on the platform, de Moraes has now opened a separate probe into Musk for what he claims is a “disinformation campaign” against Brazil&#8217;s court system.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” de Moraes claimed.
Musk said that de Moraes &#8220;demanded that X suspend accounts of people who raised corruption concerns while insisting that X pretend the suspension was for violating our terms of service!&#8221;
&#8220;We obey the laws of countries even if we disagree with them, but this required violating the laws of Brazil,&#8221; he added.
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Musk said that de Moraes was one of the justices who &#8220;pulled [Current Brazilian President Luiz Inácio] Lula [da Silva] out of prison and put his thumb on the scale to get Lula elected,&#8221; and added that &#8220;Lula will obviously not take action against him. The next election will be key.&#8221;
Brazilian politician Nikolas Ferreira asked Musk to give the people more information about his allegations that de Moraes &#8220;put his thumb on the scale to get Lula elected.&#8221;
&#8220;We need to get our employees in Brazil to a safe place or otherwise not in a position of responsibility, then we will do a full data dump,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;They have been told they will be arrested.&#8221;
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They have been told they will be arrested
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This past weekend Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to block a number of popular accounts. Almost immediately after, Elon Musk said that free speech principles matter more than profits. And he announced plans to defy the court&#8217;s order and lift all speech restrictions in the country once his employees are in a “safe place” where they are not at risk of being arrested. Musk says he expects he will ultimately be forced to shut down X’s office in Brazil and will lose all revenue there.
On April 7, shortly after Musk’s announcement, de Moraes issued a <a href="https://www.migalhas.com.br/quentes/404983/moraes-inclui-elon-musk-no-inquerito-das-milicias-digitais">decision</a> adding Musk to a broader investigation. In this new inquiry, the judge accused Musk of obstruction of justice and incitement to crime. “The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian Justice, incitement to crime, public threat of disobedience to court orders and future lack of cooperation by the platform are facts that disrespect Brazil&#8217;s sovereignty and reinforce the connection of the intentional criminal instrumentalization of the activities of the former Twitter,” he wrote. Many now expect the Brazilian Supreme Court to shut off access to X at any moment.
Nor is X the only American social media company being targeted by president Lula da Silva’s government. Facebook, Google, and others have faced investigations for what the same court called “abusive practices.” Though it appears those platforms have complied with speech restrictions to some degree, Musk is the only big tech executive to have engaged in a public fight with the court.
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Brazil’s government has leaned heavily on lawfare in its attempt to squeeze American social media platforms into compliance. Before presiding over Musk&#8217;s case, de Moraes ordered investigations into big tech executives at other companies after they lobbied against a proposal to regulate Brazil’s internet. If passed, the Law on Freedom, Responsibility, and Transparency on the Internet, colloquially known as the “Fake News Bill,” will levy large fines against the tech companies if they fail to identify and report illegal content.
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Due to such legislation, the definition of illegal speech in Brazil has been rapidly expanding to potentially include anything labeled “misinformation” by the government. Independent journalist Michael Shellenberger, who is in Brazil and broke parts of this story, said it’s not an exaggeration to say that Brazil is “on the brink of dictatorship.” He <a href="https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1776776372351836642/video/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lambasted</a> a number of big tech companies for giving in to the demands of Brazilian authorities, saying, “I know censorship when I see it.”
“The Twitter files revealed also that Google, Facebook, Uber, WhatsApp and Instagram betrayed the people of Brazil,” Shellenberger said. “If this evidence is proven and admitted to, the executives of those companies behaved like cowards. They provided the Brazilian government with personal registration data and telephone numbers without a court order. Therefore, they violated the Brazilian laws.”
Musk has said he plans to publish on X everything the Brazilian judge has ordered, and these posts will explain how the court’s demands violate Brazilian law. “This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached,” Musk posted.
But Musk may face opposition not only from the Brazilian government, but also from the U.S. State Department, who some former officials are accusing of helping to engineer Brazil’s censorship efforts.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Policy Mike Benz said the CIA and other U.S. foreign policy divisions fear rising populism in countries like Brazil. <a href="https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1776826555328549308" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to Benz</a>, these State Department divisions and associated NGO’s helped President Lula da Silva secure power over his populist rival Jair Bolsonaro by funding censorship groups to suppress so-called election “misinformation.”
“When I was looking into what was behind censorship in Brazil, it turned out what was driving it appeared to be a gaggle of US State Department funded NGOs,” Benz said in a video posted to X. “National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, and the National Endowment for Democracy [were] funding a bunch of domestic censorship groups in Brazil. This actually goes right back to the beginning of Bolsonaro his tenure in 2019.”
Benz added that the State Department doesn’t want to see Brazilian citizens openly criticizing their country’s government on social media any more than Da Silva does.
On April 7, after Musk promised to publish all records pertaining to Brazil’s crackdown on X, Brazil&#8217;s Attorney General Jorge Messias called for &#8220;urgent regulation&#8221; of all social media networks, saying, &#8220;We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks&#8230;”

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A Brazilian judge has ordered a criminal investigation into Elon Musk in relation to court-described disinformation being spread on X.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes named Musk in an ongoing probe into the spread of fake news and disinformation. The judge ordered a new investigation opened into Musk specifically for obstruction of justice, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-supreme-court-investigation-a645757b95a66ee658832802908466ab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” de Moraes wrote in his order.
De Moraes took action against Musk after the entrepreneur protested against orders from the judge’s court on Saturday. Musk accused de Moraes of betraying Brazil and making illegal requests of X to take down posts and block accounts.
“Coming shortly, X will publish everything demanded by @Alexandre and how those requests violate Brazilian law. This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached,” Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776989005848207503" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X. “Shame @Alexandre, shame.”
“These are the most draconian demands of any country on Earth!” Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1777080103236972587" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> later.
De Moraes’ investigations and Musk’s refusal to comply with the court’s requests risk hefty fines against Musk and his social media platform. Musk warned that he may have to close X operations in Brazil. He urged X users to download a VPN to continue using X if the platform is outlawed in Brazil.
“Using a VPN is very easy,” Musk said, promoting a video showing how to download a VPN on a smartphone.
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Using a VPN is very easy <a href="https://t.co/vWcCRn3S5J">https://t.co/vWcCRn3S5J</a>
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Right-wing critics in Brazil have accused de Moraes of abusing his position to crack down on political opponents under the guise of policing fake news and disinformation, according to the AP. Allies and supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have been ensnared in an investigation into so-called digital militias being investigated for spreading disinformation and threats against judges.
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Musk’s resistance has also sparked backlash from other corners of Brazil’s government. On Sunday, Brazil Attorney General Jorge Messias in a post on X called for increased regulation of social media companies in the country.
“It is urgent to regulate social networks. We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad have control of social networks and put themselves in a position to violate the rule of law, failing to comply with court orders and threatening our authorities,” Messias said, according to a translation on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/tech/elon-musk-brazil-investigation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>.

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Billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk accused Reuters of lying after the outlet <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-tesla-scraps-low-cost-150726195.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday that Tesla scrapped its plans to make low-cost electric vehicles and will focus on developing robo-taxis.
Reuters, which cited multiple anonymous sources and “company messages,” wrote that Tesla was abandoning its promise to begin producing cheaper EVs as soon as 2025. After the report was published, Tesla’s stock <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/tesla-plans-to-cancel-low-cost-ev-reuters-report-says?srnd=all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped</a> by as much as 6.2% before it began to make a small climb back toward where it opened on Friday just shy of $170 per share.
“Reuters is lying (again),” Musk said in reply to a post on his social media platform X.
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Reuters is lying (again)
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Later, Musk reposted a chart showing the decrease in Reuters&#8217; monthly and yearly website traffic.
“Reuters is dying,” the Tesla owner <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1776275139010904525" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
Since as far back as 2018, billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk has <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24054854/tesla-next-generation-vehicle-ev-elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the company would move into making “a $25,000 car,” which has been called the Model 2. In January, the billionaire entrepreneur added that his company was “very far along” in making an affordable car, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/tesla-plans-to-cancel-low-cost-ev-reuters-report-says?srnd=all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Currently, Tesla’s cheapest vehicle, the Model 3, retails for nearly $40,000 in the U.S. while other EVs in its lineup can cost up to $150,000.
Reuters wrote that “Two sources said they learned of Tesla&#8217;s decision to scrap the Model 2 in a meeting attended by scores of employees, with one of them saying the gathering happened in late February.”
“Elon’s directive is to go all in on robotaxi,” one person said, according to the outlet.
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Other car companies, such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-delays-production-of-new-electric-vehicles-by-years-as-consumers-sour-on-evs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford</a> and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/general-motors-gm-q3-earnings-report-2023-5064f4c2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GM</a>, have recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-to-slash-planned-production-of-its-all-electric-f-150-in-half-citing-changing-market-demand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scaled back</a> or delayed their plans to produce more EVs as consumer demand has failed to meet expectations while the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-buttigieg-mocks-people-who-dont-want-electric-vehicles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continues to push</a> Americans to move away from gas-powered cars.
After the Reuters report, Musk also responded with the eyes emoji — often used to draw attention to something — under a post that laid out a potential explanation for the story.
“Elon just said Reuters was lying. However, here is my general thinking. Tesla&#8217;s low-cost $25k car and the Robotaxi were always going to be based on the same platform. They were going to be very similar, but the $25k version was going to have a steering wheel,” wrote Sawyer Merritt, a co-founder of an apparel company.
“Maybe Elon and the team have been so impressed with how good FSD 12 has performed and were maybe thinking they should be shifting even more resources to the Robotaxi/FSD effort,” Merritt added. “This doesn&#8217;t mean the $25k car is canceled. Again, they share the same platform.”
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Elon Musk plans to file a free speech lawsuit against the Australian government after it demanded that X remove a post critical of a radical transgender-identifying activist it claimed violated the government’s eSafety policies. 
Musk’s plan comes after the Australian government’s eSafety Commissioner, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-knowles-uncovers-wefs-sinister-threat-to-free-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Julie Inman-Grant,</a> told Chris Elston, a Canadian opponent of gender ideology known by the name Billboard Chris, to take down a post that was critical of Australian activist Teddy Cook. Additionally, Australia threatened X with an $800,000 AUD fine if the post was not removed. Cook is a <a href="https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/pronouns-trans-advocacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leftist</a> activist who was recently appointed as an expert on a World Health Organization panel. 
“Earlier this week, X was ordered by the Australian E-Safety Commissioner, subject to an approximately $800,000 AUD fine, to remove a user&#8217;s post,” X’s Global Government Affairs Team said. “The post had criticized an individual appointed by the World Health Organization to serve as an expert on transgender issues.”
“X is withholding the post in Australia in compliance with the order but intends to file a legal challenge to the order to protect its user&#8217;s right to free speech,” X said. 
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Earlier this week, X was ordered by the Australian E-Safety Commissioner, subject to an approximately $800,000 AUD fine, to remove a user&#39;s post. The post had criticized an individual appointed by the World Health Organization to serve as an expert on transgender issues. 
X is…
&mdash; Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalAffairs/status/1773738656588533856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Musk’s battle with Australia comes just over a year after Daily Wire host Michael Knowles warned about the threats to free speech that Commissioner Grant might pose beyond Australia’s borders because of her ideological beliefs and ties to the World Economic Forum. 
In January 2023, Knowles revealed in a lengthy X thread that Grant, who previously suggested a “recalibration” of free speech, had listed hate speech, “dehumanization,” and “individual identity attacks” as “online harms” on the government&#8217;s official eSafety website. Grant also has been part of the World Economic Forum’s “Global Coalition for Digital Safety.”
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In this case, I do in fact hate to say I told ya so…
cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillboardChris</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> <a href="https://t.co/y8w6jtsN35">https://t.co/y8w6jtsN35</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1773189056836280770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Last month, the eSafety Commission <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13258303/Elon-Musk-Australian-government-eSafety-Commissioner.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took action</a> after Elston commented and shared an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13119521/Sex-secrets-trans-kinky-Australian-bondage-bestiality-nudism-drugs-sex-change.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from The Daily Mail that said Cook had a social media page filled with public nudity, bondage parties, trans orgies, and even a photo of a person appearing to have sex with a dog. 
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After sharing the article, Elston was sent a letter from the Australia eSafety Commission telling him to remove the post.  
“An ordinary reasonable person in the position of the Complainant would regard the Material as being offensive,” the letter said. “&#8217;This is because the Material singles out the Complainant to personify the poster&#8217;s contempt for transgender identity as well as equating transgender identity with a psychiatric condition.”
Elston refused to take the post down, saying he was not guilty of what the Australian government accused him of, and announced on Wednesday that he had <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1775600390681264403" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appealed</a> the takedown order. 
X has blocked the post in Australia while it pursues legal action against the country.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk voiced his confusion over political partisanship in a post shared via his X platform, saying that while he believed himself to be more of a centrist, his critics seemed certain that he was &#8220;right-wing.&#8221;
Musk was inspired by another post from Sophie (@netcapgirl) that read, &#8220;Going back in time to try to explain how crazy it is that we have a guy who makes electric cars and rocket ships and brain computer interfaces yet a bunch of people hate him because they don&#8217;t like his politics or whatever &amp; having them show me a cave drawing of the astronaut meme.&#8221;
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going back in time to try to explain how crazy it is that we have a guy who makes electric cars and rocket ships and brain computer interfaces yet a bunch of people hate him because they dont like his politics or whatever &amp; having them show me a cave drawing of the astronaut meme
&mdash; sophie (@netcapgirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/netcapgirl/status/1770801920204014060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Musk replied with a list of things that he believed were important to support in society, explaining that what he saw was a &#8220;battle to the death&#8221; between the rational and &#8220;the anti-civilizational woke mind virus.&#8221;
&#8220;My positions are centrist,&#8221; Musk explained, adding, &#8220;Secure borders; safe &amp; clean cities; don&#8217;t bankrupt America with spending; racism against any race is wrong; no sterilization below age of consent. Is this right-wing?&#8221;
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And, although it shouldn’t need to said, I believe in the Constitution and freedom of speech
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770812308064752050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Musk replied to his own post with an addendum a short time later, saying &#8220;And, although it shouldn&#8217;t need to be said, I believe in the Constitution and freedom of speech.&#8221;
An X account tied to the Rasmussen Reports polling site responded to Musk&#8217;s assessment with recent data showing that a majority of Americans agreed with him.
&#8220;Luckily, most of America still does, too. 74% say protecting freedom of speech is more important. 16% say protecting people from offensive speech is more important,&#8221; the post read.
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Luckily, most of America still does, too.
74% say protecting freedom of speech is more important.
16% say protecting people from offensive speech is more important.
&mdash; Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1770820285907828964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Musk debated the issue with ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon, emphasizing his belief in free speech and accusing Lemon of wanting censorship so badly he could &#8220;taste it.&#8221;
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&#8220;We don&#8217;t agree on this,&#8221; Lemon said, and Musk agreed.
&#8220;You want censorship and I don&#8217;t,&#8221; he replied.
Lemon attempted to push back, claiming that what he wanted was not censorship but &#8220;responsibility&#8221; — but Musk disagreed.
&#8220;You desperately want censorship. You want censorship so badly you can taste it,&#8221; Musk continued.
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&mdash; ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) <a href="https://twitter.com/alx/status/1769854312677540089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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‘Is This Right Wing?’: Elon Musk Lays Out His Personal Beliefs, Says His Position Is ‘Centrist’

'Is This Right Wing?': Elon Musk Lays Out His Personal Beliefs, Says His Position Is 'Centrist'

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Ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon had a tentative deal to host a new show on Elon Musk&#8217;s X platform — but according to a recent report, the whole thing might have fallen apart over Lemon&#8217;s &#8220;diva demands.&#8221;
The New York Post reported that, among other things, Lemon had <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/media/don-lemon-demanded-tesla-cybertruck-5m-advance-equity-in-x-before-elon-musk-canned-him-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded some control</a> over other news content that might make its way onto the platform — and had aspirations of hosting the &#8220;first podcast in space.&#8221;
The alleged list of demands, according to The Post, included &#8220;a free Tesla Cybertruck, a $5 million upfront payment on top of an $8 million salary, an equity stake in the multibillion-dollar company, and the right to approve any changes in X policy as it relates to news content.&#8221;
Lemon also reportedly wanted to helm the &#8220;<a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/media/don-lemon-wanted-seat-aboard-elon-musks-rocket-to-do-first-podcast-in-space-sources/?_gl=1*1scr8yc*_ga*MTkzMTkwODE1Ni4xNjY3OTUyODk2*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcxMTAzOTc3NS40Ny4wLjE3MTEwMzk3ODIuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.127897869.1676480561.1711035583-1931908156.1667952896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first podcast in space</a>,&#8221; suggesting that Musk use SpaceX to make that happen.
Lemon had also set up an interview with Musk — which was initially set to air as his debut episode — and had reportedly attached another list of demands to their planned meeting in Las Vegas. Among those were a suite, drinks, and massages for Lemon and his fiancé — and a private jet flight on X&#8217;s dime.
Despite knowing about the demands at the time of their interview, Musk agreed to do it anyway — but cut ties with Lemon afterward, calling him &#8220;underwhelming.&#8221;
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In the days since, Lemon has blown off claims that he had asked for such things – but he didn&#8217;t deny them outright.
&#8220;That is nonsense. People negotiate all the time, but that’s, come on,&#8221; Lemon told <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/it-wasnt-a-gotcha-interview-don-lemon-on-elon-musk-and-the-shocking-meltdown-of-his-deal-with-x/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite&#8217;s</a> Aidan McLaughlin. &#8220;It’s obviously a deflection. Because it has nothing to do with the interview, and I’m not going to fall into that. I don’t read the New York Post, but I do love their horoscopes. It’s great. I’m a Pisces, by the way, so you can read my horoscope to know what’s going on in my life.&#8221;
A number of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-explains-how-dei-hurts-medicine-several-times-don-lemon-still-doesnt-get-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clips of the interview</a> have since been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-issues-statement-after-don-lemon-claims-their-partnership-for-his-new-show-was-canceled" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> and gone viral.

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Don Lemon’s X Deal May Have Evaporated Over His ‘Diva Demands’: Report

Don Lemon's X Deal May Have Evaporated Over His 'Diva Demands': Report

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Neuralink, the company co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, showed video Wednesday of its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-neuralink-implants-chip-into-brain-of-first-human-subject" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first quadriplegic patient</a> with a brain chip implant playing chess with his mind.
The video, which was uploaded as a livestream to X by a Neuralink engineer, shows 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh sitting in front of a computer screen playing chess while discussing the new technology. Asked by the engineer to explain what he was doing, Arbaugh said he was moving the cursor on his computer with only his thoughts as he used the cursor to move chess pieces on the board.
“It’s all being done with my brain. If y’all can see the cursor moving around the screen, that’s all me, y’all,” he said.
Arbaugh, an Arizona man and former Corps of Cadets at Texas A&amp;M, was paralyzed below his shoulders after a “freak diving accident” while he was working as a camp counselor eight years ago, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13222393/who-neuralink-patient-noland-arbaugh-paralyzed-diving-accident.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Neuralink announced in January that it had successfully implanted a brain chip into Arbaugh, the company’s first human subject.
Neuralink’s implant, a “brain-computer interface” technology, is roughly the size of a quarter and sends out brain signal data to a Neuralink app, which decodes the data into actions, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/neuralink-what-to-know-about-the-first-human-brain-implant-at-musk-s-startup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg</a>.
Arbaugh said on the Neuralink livestream that after being implanted with the brain chip and practicing, “it became intuitive for me to start imagining the cursor moving.”
“Basically, it was like using the Force on the cursor, and I could get it to move wherever I wanted,” Arbaugh said. “Just stare somewhere in the screen and it would move where I wanted it to, which was such a wild experience.”
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Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770687287174582483" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the Neuralink video on X, writing, “Long-term, it is possible to shunt the signals from the brain motor cortex past the damaged part of the spine to enable people to walk again and use their arms normally.”
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Neuralink started its trials on monkeys and showed the animals using the device to play the game “Pong” on computers. The company hopes the breakthrough brain technology will help people who are paralyzed or suffer from vision or hearing loss. Eventually, Musk hopes Neuralink will help humans work together with ever-evolving artificial intelligence (AI).
After the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-neuralink-startup-receives-fda-approval-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-implant-clinical-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FDA gave</a> Neuralink the green light to begin clinical trials on humans last year and the company started <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-neuralink-opens-recruitment-for-first-in-human-brain-chip-clinical-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recruiting</a> test subjects, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1704541473830572515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1704545171075903821%7Ctwgr%5Ed0a806dfbeef6227ce586577124db1de1fc9aec5%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fembedly.forbes.com%2Fwidgets%2Fmedia.html%3Ftype%3Dtext2Fhtmlkey%3D3ce26dc7e3454db5820ba084d28b4935schema%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Felonmusk%2Fstatus%2F17045451710759038213Fs3D20image%3Dhttps3A%2F%2Fi.embed.ly%2F1%2Fimage3Furl3Dhttps253A252F252Fabs.twimg.com252Ferrors252Flogo46x38.png26key3D3ce26dc7e3454db5820ba084d28b4935" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, “The first human patient will soon receive a Neuralink device. This ultimately has the potential to restore full body movement.”
“In the long term, Neuralink hopes to play a role in AI … civilizational risk reduction by improving human to AI (and human to human) bandwidth by several orders of magnitude,” Musk continued. “Imagine if Stephen Hawking had had this.”
Arbaugh said that while the technology isn’t perfect and there is still work to be done, the Neuralink brain chip has “already changed my life.” He also said the roughly 30-minute surgery to implant the device “was super easy.”
“I literally was released from the hospital a day later. I have no cognitive impairments,” he added. “I just want to thank Neuralink for doing this, for working hard every day to make this a reality. I think that they are going to change the world.”

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X owner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> posted a video on his social media platform this week that explained how Democrats use illegal immigration to increase their electoral power.
The video posted by Musk comes after he has repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-rips-don-lemon-while-explaining-how-illegal-immigration-helps-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoken out</a> about the issue as an estimated more than 10 million illegal aliens have entered the U.S. under President Joe Biden.
The video breaks down what it says is the Democratic Party&#8217;s &#8220;plan to entrench single party rule&#8221; in the country.
&#8220;One, flood the country with untold millions of illegals by land, sea, and air from all over the world — enough to eclipse the populations of 36 individual U.S. states so far,&#8221; the video begins. &#8220;Two, prioritize the needs of these millions of non-citizens over the needs of the American citizen with free flights, buses, hotels, meals, and phones — ensuring their loyalty to the political party that imported them.&#8221;
&#8220;Three, keep them in the country at all costs, even when they commit violent crime, like murder and rape,&#8221; the video continues. &#8220;Attack the language used to describe the criminals as opposed to criminals themselves. Slander critics as racist. Four, ensure their privileges are made irrevocable with city and state sanctuary laws that act as population magnets, codify permanent status, and ensure non-cooperation with ICE.&#8221;
&#8220;Five, count the non citizens in the census that will determine congressional apportionment and the House of Representatives — as of now, that would equal 13 extra congressional districts, a tremendous amount of electoral power,&#8221; the video adds. &#8220;Six, wage a massive, heavily-funded lawfare campaign to change state voting laws that legalize mass mail-in ballots, no signature verification, and no proof of citizenship requirements — making it nearly impossible to prove voter fraud. Seven, lock in the permanent voting majority with campaign promises of lavish benefits and permanent privileges, enshrining generational fealty to the Democrat Party.&#8221;
The concludes by saying that at that point, all that is left is for Democrats to begin dominating in electors, thus having entrenched single-party rule.
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Elon Musk Posts Video Explaining How Democrats Use Illegal Immigration To Increase Their Power

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> on Tuesday reacted to recent remarks from &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars">Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221;</a> creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power">Leslye Headland</a> about her new Disney+ show, calling them &#8220;crazier than the &#8216;South Park&#8217; parody.&#8221;
Musk took to <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770169640926277928">X</a> and commented on an old clip of the director/showrunner talking about watching &#8220;Frozen&#8221; as an adult and was captivated by &#8220;the concept of true love being between two sisters and not a heterosexual relationship. She said it &#8220;inspired&#8221; her to create a similar story that her parents would have allowed her to watch when she was a younger &#8220;queer&#8221; person.
&#8220;Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!” Musk wrote, referencing a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-skewers-disneys-kathleen-kennedy-over-hilarious-south-park-send-up">South Park&#8221;</a> episode that torched the President of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, for recent Disney box office flops, specifically &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movies that have had little to no connection to the original trilogy.
In the episode titled &#8220;Joining the Panderverse,&#8221; Kennedy is ripped for recycling successful films but replacing the characters with minorities. 
The <a href="https://x.com/ginacarano/status/1718115256055267802?s=20">clip</a> shows one part of the episode where a group of Disney executives tell CEO Bob Iger, &#8220;We don&#8217;t understand it, sir. We keep making the same movie over and over and pandering to everyone, but suddenly it&#8217;s not working.&#8221;
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Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!
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Iger replied, &#8220;Then we&#8217;ve got to pander harder!&#8221; 
&#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power">director</a> recently talked about how her new Sith-focused series isn&#8217;t going to be like what fans have seen in shows like &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; or &#8220;Andor.&#8221;
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Headland said her new series looks &#8220;at the Jedi as an institution, as a concept, as an entity that has amassed a lot of power. And that&#8217;s good, I&#8217;m not saying that&#8217;s wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;But I do think that when Jodie Turner-Smith has that line at the end of the trailer, when she says, &#8216;It&#8217;s not about good or bad, this is about power and who&#8217;s allowed to use it,&#8217; really I think that&#8217;s the question we’re asking,&#8221; she added. &#8220;That&#8217;s really the question. It&#8217;s not, &#8216;Is somebody good, is somebody bad?&#8217; There&#8217;s an imbalance.&#8221;
&#8220;Someone might be imbalanced morally, but if there&#8217;s a power imbalance, how does that affect the power of Star Wars?&#8221; the director continued. &#8220;And we&#8217;ve never seen the good guys outnumber the bad guys to this extent. I guess that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s different.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yet Another &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Show Wants To &#8216;Challenge&#8217; The Story: &#8216;This Is About Power&#8217;</a>

Elon Musk Reacts To ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Creator: ‘Crazier Than The South Park Parody’

Elon Musk Reacts To 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' Creator: 'Crazier Than The South Park Parody'

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