An image of Elon Musk making a controversial salute during a speech on Monday was projected onto Tesla's Gigafactory in Berlin. The display featured Musk's gesture alongside the words "Heil Tesla." Newsweek reached out to Tesla's communications team for comment on Wednesday.

Dozens of Reddit communities have banned links to social network X following the inauguration of Donald Trump, during which Elon Musk made a controversial gesture which some have compared to a “Nazi-style salute”.

The Roman salute is conditionally allowed in Italy and outright banned in Germany. German chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to Musk's gesture by saying, "We have the freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany," he said, "what we do not accept is if this is supporting extreme right positions."

Radio host James O'Brien criticized Elon Musk's controversial rally gesture, likened by some to a Nazi salute.

Elon Musk is not happy that his Wikipedia page now refers to the infamous gesture he demonstrated on Monday as a “Nazi Salute”. On Tuesday, the billionaire father of 12 called out the online encyclopedia site on X after the gesticulation he made at a rally at the Capital One Arena was referred to as “a Nazi salute or fascist salute” on his Wikipedia page – something the Tesla/X CEO vehemently denies.

Elon Musk condemned critics who suggested a gesture he made during President Donald Trump‘s inaugural festivities was a Nazi salute. During a brief but exuberant speech celebrating Trump’s inauguration Monday,

A Donald Trump nominee defended Elon Musk’s controversial Inauguration Day salute during her confirmation hearing. The gesture, a straight-arm salute Musk made twice before delivering a speech celebrating Trump’s swearing-in on Monday,