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Christiaan Hetzner

EU warns Elon Musk over X compliance—he fires back with vulgar 'Tropic Thunder' meme

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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a joint meeting of Congress with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the US Capitol. (Credit: Ting Shen—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

X owner Elon Musk pushed back against a European Union official who warned him about compliance with the bloc’s new Digital Services Act (DSA).

Musk’s borrowed a colorful phrase from Tom Cruise’s foul-mouthed character in the 2008 comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’ for his response, which essentially amounted to ‘go shove it’ if you're being polite.

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