The conversation between Elon Musk and Donald Trump started well, with Musk saying that there was a DDoS attack, but some officials deny that.

On August 13, 2024, former President Donald Trump returned to X (formerly Twitter) after a year and had an online conversation with X’s owner, Elon Musk. The conversation was supposed to be carefully prepared because it was a conversation with a presidential candidate, but it was stopped immediately after it started and was not resumed for 42 minutes, causing problems.

The talk was held on X’s live streaming service “Space” and was supposed to start around 8:00 Japan time, but a problem occurred immediately after and it was temporarily stopped, and did not start a- again until 42 minutes later.

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18 minutes after the conversation began, Mr. Musk said that it appeared that a large DDoS attack was being carried out against X” and that steps were being taken to Ta.

According to Musk, the system was tested this morning with 8 million simultaneous listeners.

Approximately 1.31 million listeners had participated approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes after the start.

Even after the conversation began, Musk said, “As the mass attacks have shown, there’s a lot of resistance when people just listen to former President Trump speak.”

On the other hand, some say that there was no attack on a large scale as Mr. Musk said.

According to technology media outlet The Verge, an X official said, “A denial of service attack has not been ruled out,” while another X employee said, “There is a 99% chance that Mr. Musk is lying about the attack.’ ‘ He is said to have said.

Before the talks began, European Commission Commissioner Thierry Breton sent an open letter to Mr. Musk saying, “X has obligations specified by the Digital Services Act. We must take mitigation measures, and if we don’t, it could have a negative impact on public debate and security.”

In response, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign issued a statement criticizing the European Union, saying, “Instead of trying to interfere with the American presidential election, the European Union should focus on take to his own business.”

In addition, Space was also used when Republican Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy for the US presidential election in 2023, but a problem occurred immediately after the start, and there was silence for about 25 minutes.

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