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BREAKING: Grok app is dominating the Android store too. Just hit #1 in 4 countries 🚀 Brunei 🇧🇳 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Norway 🇳🇴 Slovenia 🇸🇮

Yesterday a quasi-judicial body in Italy fined @Cloudflare $17 million for failing to go along with their scheme to censor the Internet. The scheme, which even the EU has called concerning, required us within a mere 30 minutes of notification to fully censor from the Internet any sites a shadowy cabal of European media elites deemed against their interests. No judicial oversight. No due process. No appeal. No transparency. It required us to not just remove customers, but also censor our 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver meaning it risked blacking out any site on the Internet. And it required us not just to censor the content in Italy but globally. In other words, Italy insists a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online. That, of course, is DISGUSTING and even before yesterday’s fine we had multiple legal challenges pending against the underlying scheme. We, of course, will now fight the unjust fine. Not just because it’s wrong for us but because it is wrong for democratic values. In addition, we are considering the following actions: 1) discontinuing the millions of dollars in pro bono cyber security services we are providing the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics; 2) discontinuing Cloudflare’s Free cyber security services for any Italy-based users; 3) removing all servers from Italian cities; and 4) terminating all plans to build an Italian Cloudflare office or make any investments in the country. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. While there are things I would handle differently than the current U.S. administration, I appreciate @JDVance taking a leadership role in recognizing this type of regulation is a fundamental unfair trade issue that also threatens democratic values. And in this case @ElonMusk is right: #FreeSpeech is critical and under attack from an out-of-touch cabal of very disturbed European policy makers. I will be in DC first thing next week to discuss this with U.S. administration officials and I’ll be meeting with the IOC in Lausanne shortly after to outline the risk to the Olympic Games if @Cloudflare withdraws our cyber security protection. In the meantime, we remain happy to discuss this with Italian government officials who, so far, have been unwilling to engage beyond issuing fines. We believe Italy, like all countries, has a right to regulate the content on networks inside its borders. But they must do so following the Rule of Law and principles of Due Process. And Italy certainly has no right to regulate what is and is not allowed on the Internet in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Brazil, India or anywhere outside its borders. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIGHT AND WE WILL WIN!!!

🚨 HOLY CRAP. Sec. Scott Bessent just confirmed up to $600 BILLION of annual fraud with taxpayer dollars, nearly 10% of spending Elon Musk called it! END ALL FRAUD. "We are going to hold people accountable. We're going to press this to the full extent possible...American taxpayers, for American families, the GAO, the General Accounting Office, believes that there is somewhere between $300B- $600B of annual fraud, roughly 10% of government spending, that disappears due to fraud." "If we can recapture that, that is 1% to 2% of GDP!" @RapidResponse47

🚨🇺🇸🇸🇴 BREAKING: SOMALI MAN INDICTED ON FRAUD & GUN CHARGES SWORN IN TO MAINE CITY COUNCIL You seriously can’t make this up. A Somali man facing active criminal charges including fraud, theft, illegal firearm possession, and questions about his legal residency, has just been sworn in as a City Council member in Lewiston, Maine… All while under indictment too. Even wilder? Democrats are backing the move. Apparently being criminally charged no longer disqualifies you from running a city as long as you check the right political boxes. It’s a total mockery of the justice system and local governance, although some insist he’s “innocent until proven guilty,” and that the charges shouldn’t interfere with his public service. But let’s be real: if the roles were reversed, or if this guy had an “R” next to his name, the outrage would be nuclear. This is about basic trust in our institutions, not race or immigration. If a sitting councilmember under indictment for crimes involving fraud and weapons can still be handed political power, what message does that send? Source: @DerrickEvans4WV, @Dapper_Det