Elon Musk to be billed for unauthorised flashing X sign

Elon Musk's X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, is facing a measure from San Francisco authorities aft placing an unauthorised flashing X motion connected the extortion of its headquarters.

The motion was enactment up connected Friday arsenic portion of the company's rebrand, but it attracted 24 complaints astatine the weekend.

It was taken down connected Monday and X volition beryllium charged the outgo of gathering permits for its installation and removal.

San Francisco authorities said the steadfast did not person support for the sign.

In a statement, officials said the institution would besides person to screen the outgo of the Department of Building Inspection and the Planning Department's investigation.

X Corp has been approached for comment.

It is not the archetypal obstacle Mr Musk's institution has tally into arsenic it changes its downtown headquarters.

An effort to region the firm's aged sanction had to beryllium temporarily abandoned, meaning for a little play lone the letters ER remained connected the building.

Mr Musk and the firm's caller main enforcement Linda Yaccarino privation to alteration X into a alleged "everything app", wherever they anticipation users volition privation to walk much of their wealth and online lives.

So acold the lone changes person been cosmetic - with the X awesome replacing the bluish vertebrate connected some desktop and mobile versions of the platform.