Comment by vkou
5 months ago
> What's the point?
The point is that Twitter makes money by advertising, and if they can't operate in Germany, they can't do business with German companies that want to use it to advertise. So it stops making money.
And if he doesn't comply, and continues doing so, contrary to court orders, they can also put injunctions against Starlink, start seizing Tesla assets, etc.
How would that work? Tesla is a different company with different ownership. It would be a pretty gross violation of those owners’ property rights to seize their assets simply because of a vendetta against the CEO for actions of a completely separate company he runs.
In the case of SpaceX, it would be even less feasible in that it’s a major DoD provider and there are defense treaties between the US and EU member states.