Toxic Tuesday - the day the war of words around social media and AI regulation between the US and Europe hit a new low - as Musk screams victimisation on X!

The divide between the US and Europe when it comes to AI regulation has long been an issue. Recent weeks have seen that situation worsen as the Trump 2.0 administration hit out on various geo-political fronts.

But it’s safe to say that things struck a new low yesterday as various authorities in three countries in Europe took action Elon Musk’s X just as US legislators paranoia over the EU's supposed bad intent boiled over into a damning public condemnation of hostile practice.

The European Union - set up deliberately to undermine the US, according to current MAGA wisdom - had already opened a formal investigation into X after it was revealed that Grok was able to generate hugely inappropriate sexualised deep fake images. Governments across Europe condemned this and demanded the vendor take action, while Musk himself screamed censorship at being told what to do, before having to ...