Elon Musk is getting out of control. Here is how to to rein him in | Robert Reich

The European Union commissioner Thierry Breton sent Musk an open letter reminding him of EU laws against amplifying harmful content “that promotes hatred, disorder, incitement to violence, or certain instances of disinformation” and warning that the EU “will be extremely vigilant” about protecting “EU citizens from serious harm”.

Musk’s response was a meme that said: “TAKE A BIG STEP BACK AND LITERALLY, FCK YOUR OWN FACE!”

Holy shit, I missed that one. Dude lost it a long time ago and is only spiraling faster.

Elon Musk calls himself a “free speech absolutist” but has accepted over 80%of censorship requests from authoritarian governments. Two days before the Turkish elections, he blocked accounts critical of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

And his friendly relations with authoritarians often seem to coincide with beneficial treatment of his businesses; shortly after Musk suggested handing Taiwan over to the Chinese government, Tesla got a tax break from the Chinese government.

If you fuckers would just delete the app we’d have no problem! Facebook and Twitter were always enormous fucking problems from day 1 and anyone who didn’t know better should by now. That this evil shitstain should be so transparent and still be supported - lauded, even! - is beyond idiotic.

I know i’m preaching to the choir here, I just had to cancel a subscription and avoid posting something furious to a pro-elmo wankfest where there should never have been one. SpaceX people - I feel your pain, but here’s the deal: No. Toss him overboard and let’s get serious. Until then, as with all his other poisoned ventures - NO.

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