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Elizabeth Shackelford: Brazil takes on Elon Musk in an effort to regulate a weapon of mass disinformation
Elon Musk, the eccentric, far-right billionaire behind X (formerly Twitter), SpaceX and Tesla is testing the world’s willingness to regulate the ultrarich. Billionaires, with money to burn and control over the vital industries that created their wealth, …