Elon Musk's feud with EU escalates

Elon Musk is causing trouble in Europe. What’s in it for him?
I would prefer to stay out of politics,” Elon Musk told his followers in 2021, on the platform then known as Twitter. Plenty has changed since then. The world’s richest man appears to have a new goal: upending Europe.
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EU considers expanding probe into Musk's X, Bloomberg News says
The European Union is considering expanding its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached its ...
EU Has Limited Power To Suspend Elon Musk's X
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