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Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair, June 16, 2023, in Paris. Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand. It's a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the platform. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

Musk says anyone advocating genocide on X will be ‘suspended’ following White House backlash

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 1, 2011, file photo, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, speaks during the opening session at the London Cyberspace Conference in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file pool) ** FILE **

Wikipedia founder slams Musk’s X for being ‘overrun by trolls and lunatics’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A Tesla charging station is seen, Sept. 28, 2023, in Woodstock, Ga. Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker's partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it, the company disclosed Monday, Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla says Justice Department is expanding investigations and issuing subpoenas for information

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., on Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) **FILE**

Musk says Tesla ‘dug our own grave’ with upcoming Cybertruck

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair, June 16, 2023, in Paris. Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand. It's a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the platform. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

X begins testing annual subscription fees for unverified users

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon. The Air Force's top civilian leader, Frank Kendall, says the military may need to be more explicit in future defense contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk about to hide data on posts as site cleanup continues

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

SEC seeks court order to make Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter acquisition

Associated Press

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., introduces the Model X car at the company's headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in Fremont, Calif. Musk may want to send tweet back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay, at least for now. For one, the word is still plastered all over the website formerly known as Twitter. Write a post, you still need to press a blue button that says tweet to publish it. To repost it, you still tap retweet. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) **FILE**

X ordered to pay $1.1 million in legal fees to former employees

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Workers install lighting on an "X" sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, Friday, July 28, 2023. A top European Union official said Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, that the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news and urged owner Elon Musk to comply with the bloc's laws aimed at combating disinformation. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Elon Musk pushes X users to post long-form content

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

X. Corp. and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses before his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A California man who says he was harassed after Musk amplified posts on his platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that falsely placed the man at a confrontation involving far-right protesters sued the billionaire for defamation in a lawsuit filed Monday, Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)

Elon Musk sued for X posts that led to ‘threats’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Musk hits back at Biden: ‘The corpse in ‘Weekend at Bernie’s‘ literally looks more alive’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Germany’s government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue ships

Associated Press

Uri Lerner joins several hundred protesters outside Tesla's Fremont, Calif., factory as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the facility and meets with businessman Elon Musk on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) **FILE**

Elon Musk spreading antisemitism, say Jewish leaders

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Musk courts Taylor Swift’s content for X

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, CEO of X, the company formerly known as Twitter, departs from a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, at Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Musk’s Neuralink to start human trials for brain implants

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, CEO of X, the company formerly known as Twitter, tightens his tie as he arrives for a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, at Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Bluesky networking site gains thousands of users after Musk says X users will pay

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Twitter, now X Corp., and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses prior to his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States. Netanyahu’s office declined to discuss the agenda for the meeting on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. But it comes at a time that Musk is facing accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)

Musk wants users to pay for X accounts

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States. Netanyahu’s office declined to discuss the agenda for the meeting on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. But it comes at a time that Musk is facing accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu is to meet Elon Musk. Their sit-down comes as X faces antisemitism controversy

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Twitter, now X Corp., and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses prior to his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, May 15, 2023, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The U.S. government says the former Twitter's request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is “meritless” and owner Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has “first-hand knowledge” of the conduct being investigated. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool, File)

U.S. says Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the former Twitter

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon. The Air Force's top civilian leader, Frank Kendall, says the military may need to be more explicit in future defense contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk biographer Isaacson walks back bombshell Ukraine-Crimea story

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times