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Musk Transformed Twitter/X Into His Ideological Echo Chamber Machine For Misinformation
Once upon a time, Musk had barely any visibility in the world of politics. Fast forward to 2024, Elon Musk has now become a voice for the MAGA crowd and endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 Presidential Election.
His acquisition of X, formerly known as Twitter, catapulted him to be everywhere on the platform. Under his tenure, the spread of misinformation has gone unchecked on the platform and the use of “Community Notes” was just a cosmetic feature that doesn’t stop the virality of false news.
As reported by The Atlantic, X become an effective political weapon for the wrong reasons. Why the wrong reasons if he is the champion of free speech? There is a fine line between free speech and the type of speech he accustomed to dishing out on Twitter. In addition, the platform has been characterized as the following:
- Weapon of confusion
- Dangerous
- False
- Unsubstantiated with rumors
