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Epic CEO Defends Open Platforms Amid X Controversy
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on January 9, 2026 defended open platforms, free speech, and consistent rule of law in a series of tweets responding to calls by US senators to remove X from Apple and Google app stores. He criticized selective enforcement over Grok's AI image-manipulation tool — which Musk moved to paid-only amid reports of sexualised and CSAM outputs — warning it risks politically motivated censorship.
Scoring Rationale
Timely executive defense spotlights platform-censorship debate; score limited by shallow reporting and no new regulatory or product actions.
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