In Germany, you don't need permission for recording image material (including moving images) in public places, though usage of the material might be restricted.

However, audio recording of conversations is prohibited.

> Strip mining moon is the easy part.

Is it easy though?

The moon surface is full of nasty regolith that can jam up machines pretty quickly. Plus the lack of atmosphere means that any small particle you accelerate fast enough goes into a partial orbit around the moon and hits you on its way back.

Which stock is being manipulated? Both xAI and SpaceX are private, no?

At that point, country could just sanction the company, so that it's illegal for its citizens to pay them any money. Seems like a standard thing to do to a company that breaks laws and that you cannot otherwise reach.

They don't. It's a con / financial engineering, to hide the losses from Twitter.