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Musk suddenly revealed a bombshell.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk just said on social media that there have been two assassination attempts on him in the past eight months. The two incidents occurred separately, "They were arrested about 20 minutes away from Tesla's headquarters in Texas, and were carrying guns when they were arrested." Just a month ago at the Tesla shareholders meeting, Musk also "happened" to talk about the rising risk of assassinations in the United States.

It is worth noting that Musk's X platform (formerly "Twitter") was suddenly investigated in Europe. The latest investigation report released by the European Commission stated that X platform did not comply with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). If the allegations are proven, X platform may face a huge fine of up to 6% of the company's global annual turnover. In response, Musk chose to "hard-line" with the EU and threatened to take legal action.

At the same time, Musk also revealed that the European Commission tried to reach an "illegal secret deal" with Platform X: if the platform listened to the EU's opinions and "quietly" censored speech, it would not be fined. He revealed: "Other platforms accepted this deal. But X would not accept it."

Musk suffered an "assassination attempt"

A user of the social media platform X called on Tesla CEO Elon Musk to strengthen security. On July 14, Musk responded that there had been two assassination attempts on him in the past eight months. The two incidents occurred separately, "They were arrested about 20 minutes away from Tesla's headquarters in Texas, and they were carrying guns when they were arrested."

A month ago, Musk also "happened" to talk about the rising risk of assassinations in the United States.

According to the New York Post, on June 13 local time, Musk claimed at the Tesla shareholders meeting that "two killers" had threatened to kill him in the past seven months, and compared himself to John Lennon, the lead singer of the rock band "The Beatles" who was assassinated.

Musk said that the world has been a little crazy recently and the risk of assassination is rising. He talked about the two people who were arrested on suspicion of assassinating Musk. The risk of people being assassinated is often proportional to the number of times they hear their names by extremely violent people.

Musk said during the Q&A session that his high profile made him a target - just like Lennon. When an unnamed shareholder asked Musk how he ensured his health and safety, Musk responded that he should probably start exercising to avoid being "assassinated."

Musk said, "In the last seven months or so, we did find two killers who wanted to kill me. They are just professional killers, so I do need to be careful."

Musk also said that prioritizing his own safety has come with a major downside: He's been forced to "become more indifferent to other people," noting that he has stopped signing autographs for strangers in public.

Musk "hard" EU

On July 12, local time, the European Commission released a preliminary investigation report stating that social media platform X did not comply with the EU Digital Services Act. If the allegations are proven, platform X could face a huge fine of up to 6% of the company's global annual turnover.

However, Tesla CEO Elon Musk chose to confront the EU and threatened to take legal action.

According to the EU website, the European Commission released a preliminary investigation report on the 12th, stating that Platform X violated the EU's Digital Services Act in areas such as user authentication, advertising transparency, and researcher access rights.

The report shows that the EU believes that the non-compliance of Platform X is reflected in the following aspects: first, the design of the "verified account" interface with a "blue checkmark" on the platform does not conform to industry practices or is maliciously abused to deceive users; second, the platform does not meet the requirements of advertising transparency; finally, the platform fails to "provide researchers with access to its public data" as required by the Digital Services Act.

The above allegations are preliminary findings. According to the European Commission, "if the Commission's preliminary opinion is ultimately confirmed, Platform X may be fined up to 6% of the company's global annual turnover and ordered to take measures to address the violations."

According to reports, in February this year, the Digital Services Act officially came into effect on all online platforms in the European Union, aiming to protect users from illegal goods and content. So far, the EU has launched investigations into large social media companies including X Platform, Meta's Facebook and Instagram based on the Act.

According to European News, Musk has made a severe response to the EU investigation report.

“The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censor speech and don’t tell anyone, they won’t fine us. Other platforms accepted this deal. But not X,” he wrote on Platform X.

Musk then retweeted several tweets to make his position clear. He also called on the European Union: "We look forward to an open fight in court so that the European people can know the truth."

Later, Musk retweeted a report from the American independent technology media "Pirate Wires", saying that the report was "absolutely right."

"Pirate Wires" reported that a source revealed that the European Commission hopes that Platform X will hire a team of hundreds of people in the EU to unilaterally monitor and delete "false information" on the platform.

In response, European Commission spokesman Thomas Reinier said that the goal of the Digital Services Act is to "ensure that European citizens enjoy a safe and fair online environment and respect their rights, especially the right to freedom of expression."

Euronews reported that in response to Musk's threat of legal action, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton replied on X platform: "Go ahead, Elon Musk." Breton also denied the existence of "secret deals" between the EU and X platform and all other platforms, and said that the European Commission's actions were "compliant and legal."

Column Editor: Qin Hong Text Editor: Song Hui Title Image Source: Xinhua News Agency Picture Editor: Cao Liyuan

Source: Author: China Securities