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Elon Musk and governments worldwide

A sourced record of 215 statements and actions by Elon Musk and his companies since 2022: interventions in the politics, governments, courts and regulation of 44 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.

215entries
45countries and the EU
147with an official response
35with a fact-check or court finding
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2 entries: Attacks on leaders, judges and officials · BrazilClear filters

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

2024 2

Musk calls for Moraes's impeachment and threatens reciprocal seizure of Brazilian government assets

In a series of posts, Musk wrote that Moraes should be impeached and jailed, and said that unless Brazil returned X's and SpaceX's seized assets, he would seek reciprocal seizure of Brazilian government assets, adding that he hoped Lula enjoyed flying commerc…

Response: No official response to the asset post was reported. The Supreme Court's First Panel unanimously upheld Moraes's suspension order.

Brazil2 sources

Musk accuses Justice Moraes of betraying Brazil's constitution; Moraes opens inquiry into Musk

Musk wrote that Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached, and said X would lift court-ordered restrictions on accounts.

Response: On 7 April Moraes added Musk to an existing disinformation inquiry and opened an obstruction-of-justice inquiry, setting a fine of 100,000 reais per day for each blocked account that remained unblock…

Brazil4 sources