Elon Musk Contemplates Travel Restrictions Amid Scrutiny Over X Platform and Telegram CEO Arrest

Elon Musk has been facing a lot of scrutiny after his X platform was called out for spreading misinformation.

The tech billionaire shared with the world how he might be forced to restrict his traveling plans after seeing Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov get arrested in France. He is accused of not doing enough to curb illegal actions on the platform including unlawful crypto dealings.

Keeping that in mind, Musk feels strongly that his next visits will only be towards those countries that believe in freedom of speech and practice it. X is also under scrutiny in Brazil where a local Supreme Court Judge froze the account of Starlink and threatened the shutdown of X in the country.

This makes Musk more and more wary of what could possibly be next as the world has called out his X app for not doing enough to stop misinformation spread online. Speaking through his X account today, Musk says the incidents leave him with no choice but to limit movements.

This was a reply to a post which asked him to think about the impact of his travel plans. Musk shared how he has been a strong supporter of Durov since the day of his arrest, condemning the actions of France who threw him inside a detention center. Musk called the act as a violation of free speech and warned about dangerous times ahead.

France is known for its freedom of expression laws and they are a part of the constitution. However, the country’s President mentioned through a post on X that his country was being attacked for no reason. He explained how information about the arrest having links to politics was false. Similarly, he defended the country for its freedom of expression laws.

In case you didn’t know, both Musk and Durov do share a lot of common things. They are both owners of big platforms and keep getting scrutinized for not doing enough to moderate content online. As far as Telegram is concerned, it’s been accused of allowing criminal activity to spread due to its tolerance.

The same goes for Musk who has been accused of not doing enough to stop false information from spreading on X. For instance, we saw plenty of far-right riots break out across the United Kingdom after a fatal stabbing incident during a kid’s dance class. Part of the issue also had to do with false reports seen on X about the attacker entering the nation illegally.

If that was not enough, Musk tried to further worsen the matter with his own opinionated and controversial posts about a civil war in the country is inevitable.

As per one ex-Twitter executive, Musk has been called out for his actions which have gone too far. This is why it’s time he is put behind bars for stirring up violence. This in combination with X’s legal battle in Brazil is also going noticed. The fact that Musk refuses to block certain accounts despite them spreading misinformation leaves a big question mark.


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