German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he does not support freedom of speech when it is used for extreme-right views, a day after a hand gesture by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk caused uproar during Donald Trump's inauguration festivities.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz offered only an indirect answer when asked about tech billionaire Elon Musk during an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Musk, who had previously weighed in on German politics to endorse and promote the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD),

Elon Musk’s controversial gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute, drew criticism from Trump’s political opponents and energized fans on the far-right.

Since the 1970s, the US Supreme Court has defended a very broad conception of freedom of speech, one that allows today Elon Musk's or Mark Zuckerberg's platforms to massively disseminate unverified or even deliberately false information.

Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute.

TikTok stopped functioning for its 170 million American users after a law was enacted banning the app due to concerns from US politicians about the potential misuse of their citizens' data by Chinese officials.

WASHINGTON − Elon Musk is keeping the pressure on European leaders ... The EU has historically acted much more stridently to regulate social media platforms and online speech than regulators in the U.S., which enjoys broad First Amendment speech protections.

President Donald Trump said he is in favor of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok as he offered his latest thinking on what a deal might look like to save the US operations of the social media platform.

Elon Musk opposes the TikTok ban in the US, citing it as a violation of freedom of speech, despite potential benefits to his platform, X. Musk highlig

Another cartoon trolls both Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on cyberbullying, labeling them as “Child Killers.’ Both their platforms have failed to curb the platform from exposing teens and tweens and preteens to trolling, bullying, and harassment.