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How Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views (www.pbs.org)

submitted 3 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19117230

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures he’s aligned with. There are few modern parallels to his antics, but then again there are few modern parallels to Elon Musk himself.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Overseas — where most X users live — he’s feuded with top officials in Australia, Brazil, the European Union and the U.K. over the balance between free speech and the spread of harmful misinformation. And he accused a political party in his native South Africa of “openly pushing for genocide of white people.”

Overseas, where most X users live.

Ah. So, kind of how “facebook = ‘the internet’” to a large swath of people in other countries.

Well. That’s bad.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

genocide of white people

So they're saying that a white supremacist is promoting fascism? Shocker.