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EDITORIAL: Treating the USVI’s ‘Jellyfish Sting’ Before the Billionaires Bolt

By: The V.I. Free Press Editorial Board In the early 1960s, Mission: Impossible began with a secret confab and a self-destructing tape. Today, the U.S. Virgin Islands is staring at…

John McCarthy February 1, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Is St. Croix’s Power Grid Too “Low-Tech” for Elon Musk?

ST. CROIX — Last week at Davos, Elon Musk joked about buying "pieces" of Greenland. This morning, we have a different proposition for the man who wants to die on…

John McCarthy January 28, 2026

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Protecting Your Privacy: How to Shield Your Photos from Grok’s AI Training

While Attorney General Gordon Rhea fights the legal battle in court, Virgin Islands residents can take immediate steps to protect their digital likenesses from being exploited by xAI’s "Grok" chatbot.…

John McCarthy January 23, 2026

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BREAKING: Bipartisan Coalition of 35 Attorneys General Urges xAI to Strengthen Safeguards Against Grok’s Generation of Nonconsensual Intimate Images and Child Sexual Abuse Material

By JOHN F. McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff PALO ALTO, California – January 23, 2026 – A bipartisan group of 35 state and territory attorneys general, coordinated in part by U.S.…

John McCarthy January 23, 2026

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Musk vs. Modi: Inside the battle over India’s internet censorship

NEW DELHI (Reuters) — In January, an old post on Elon Musk's social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of Satara. Written in 2023,…

John McCarthy August 6, 2025

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Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk

MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election…

John McCarthy April 2, 2025

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Elon Musk says X hit by ‘massive cyber attack’ as users unable to log in

X has been hit by a "massive cyber attack," according to Elon Musk. The boss of the social media platform said the attack was carried out "with a lot of…

John McCarthy March 10, 2025

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Elon Musk and Don-old Trump set to make money on our fact-free misinformation dystopia

If there is ever a peak of the fact-free dystopian politics we’ve endured over the last decade, it will come tonight when Twitter’s — er X’s — billionaire owner Elon…

John McCarthy August 12, 2024

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Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue…

John McCarthy August 6, 2024