Elon Musk

2023 - 3 - 17

Is Elon Musk running sweatshops? Former Tesla manager claims ... (WION)

A former Tesla Inc employee has made shocking revelations about the working conditions at Elon Musk's electric car company. Benjamen Simon, a former ...

Instead, Simon was penalised for his complaints. Simon claims to have reported the unsafe working conditions several times. He further claimed that he was fired for complaining about the perilous working conditions.

Musk ran sweaty Tesla shop in Massachusetts, fired manager says (The Star Online)

A former Tesla Inc regional service manager claims Elon Musk's electric-car company was too cheap to install air conditioning in the bay of one of its ...

He said the case belongs there because Simon is seeking between US$2.7mil (RM12mil) and US$10mil (RM44mil) in damages, well above the threshold required to shift state court claims involving an out-of-state party. Instead, Simon claims previously friendly bosses cooled toward him and, within weeks, stripped him of three of the eight dealerships he supervised. "Tesla disregarded Simon’s safety complaints.”

Musk's Twitter Blue breaking unfair business practice rules: EU agency (Business Insider)

But the advertised subscription prices in the European Union don't factor in taxes. An EU consumer protection watchdog told Insider this breached pricing rules ...

Insider tested the Twitter Blue subscription process in the UK and, through a VPN, in Belgium and Germany. VAT in the UK is 20%, in Belgium it's 21%, and in Germany it's 19%. The final price wasn't shown anywhere prior to checkout. However, the EU prices don't include value-added tax, a kind of sales tax which is different across Europe; for instance, it's 17% in Luxembourg and 25% in Sweden. The advertised annual price for most EU users is 84 euros, or about $88.50, versus $84 in the US. It was rolled out to EU countries in February and March.

Twitter's Discussions Over Licensing Music Said to Stall Under Elon ... (The New York Times)

Twitter didn't move forward with the music licensing deals because of costs, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Mr. [internal chaos](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/technology/elon-musk-twitter-takeover.html) at Twitter following Mr. Spiro, who oversaw Twitter’s legal portfolio during Mr. [departed the company](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/technology/elon-musk-twitter-shakeup.html) in December. Musk](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/business/elon-musk-tesla-investor-trial.html) in a Tesla shareholder lawsuit this year. Musk’s takeover disrupted the negotiations, six people said. Twitter began negotiations with the three major music conglomerates — Universal, Sony and Warner — in the fall of 2021, according to six people close to the talks. Musk announced his intent to buy the company last April, some music industry leaders saw his involvement as an opportunity to finally get the deals done. The costs of the licenses can vary, but can be well over $100 million a year for established social-media platforms. Facebook, Instagram and TikTok have all made agreements for music rights. Twitter had avoided signing deals for music rights, which require social media companies to compensate rights holders when users post or play content with song. After Mr.

Elon Musk only seems to care about tracking if it affects him: Jack ... (Business Insider)

The student who tracks Elon Musk's jet said the Tesla CEO only seemed to care about being tracked himself. Jack Sweeney told Insider he reported a tweet ...