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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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3 entries: Fights with regulators and courts · BrazilClear filters

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

2026 1

2024 2

Brazil's Supreme Court suspends X nationwide and freezes Starlink's local bank accounts

Justice Moraes ordered the immediate suspension of X after it failed to name a legal representative in Brazil, a day after freezing Starlink's Brazilian accounts to cover X's fines on the grounds the companies were part of the same economic group.

Response: Musk accused Moraes of having repeatedly broken the laws he has sworn to uphold. A Supreme Court panel upheld the suspension. President Lula told CNN Brasil: "o mundo não é obrigado aguentar o vale…

Brazil6 sources