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> The impact of the ban on X is currently unclear, but it could reduce the amount of traffic directed to Musk's platform.

> If the embargo continues, it could escalate tensions between the government and tech companies.

This last sentence bugs me, where does the government (legally) come into the tensions aspect of this?

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In reality? They don’t.

In the current despotic US? Musk has been empowered by the President and the courts to do anything he wants, however he wants. He is, effectively, one of the two most powerful people in the US government.

>(legally)

You’re operating on presumption that there’s still rule of law in the US. Elon Musk also has de facto control of the government.

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