67 h. ago Elon Musk's social media platform X refused to hand over account details of hundreds of users in the wake of last summer's far right riots

Figures published by X showed it refused 53 per cent of the Government's requests for non-public information in the second half of 2024 related to last summer's far-Right riots.

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3 d. ago Elon Musk celebrates after Texas man loses job over refusal to remove gender preferences from email

Frank Zamora was terminated for failing to comply with a directive inspired by Governor Greg Abbott’s order for state agencies to ‘reject woke gender ideologies’

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3 d. ago Elon Musk's X refused to hand over users’ details to police after Southport riots

The US tech billionaire has frequently used the social media platform to attack the UK Government for imprisoning people for social media posts

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3 d. ago Elon Musk and Texas governor celebrate firing of worker over pronouns in email signature

Billionaire Trump ally and Greg Abbot tweet about Frank Zamora, who was let go after refusing to remove pronounsThe Texas governor, Greg Abbott, and, later, Elon Musk showed support on Wednesday for the firing of a state employee who refused to remove his pronouns from his work email signature.Frank Zamora, 31, was let go from his job as a program manager at the Texas real estate commission (TREC) last month because he refused to comply with a mandate from the organisation to employees to remove gender pronouns from email signatures. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump says 1 million federal workers who haven't responded to DOGE email may be FIRED

Donald Trump says there are 1 million people with their jobs on the line after they refused to respond to his buddy Elon Musk's email demanding what they 'accomplished' at work.

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1 week ago White House won’t tell the public who the DOGE administrator is: ‘I’m not going to reveal the name’

Trump administration officials have repeatedly refused to name agency leadership but insist it’s not Elon Musk

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2 w. ago Elon Musk issues grim warning for federal workers STILL refusing to return to the office

Thousands of federal workers are still not complying with President Donald Trump's orders to return full time to working in-person.

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2 w. ago Justice department drops discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Justice department drop discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Top social security official quits after clash with Musk’s Doge over sensitive data request – US politics live

Michelle King left after refusing a request from Elon Musk’s ‘department for government efficiency’ for sensitive government recordsThe United States and Russia agreed on Tuesday to address “irritants” to the US-Russia relationship and begin working on a path to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, the State Department said, making clear the effort was in its early stages.“One phone call followed by one meeting is not sufficient to establish enduring peace,” department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said after meetings in Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled ‘Fire Elon Musk,’ report says

‘Who’s running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk,’ reads the advert, which was intended for Tuesday’s edition of the newspaper

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