Hate and disinformation have skyrocketed on Twitter since Elon Musk took over the platform.
CCDH found that these accounts amassed 260 million views in the week following the Southport attack, and that X is presenting ads for well-known brands including GlaxoSmithKline, the British Medical Association, Betfred and the International Olympics Committee near their content.
New analysis shows that Elon Musk’s false or misleading claims about the US elections have been viewed nearly 1.2 billion times on X. None of the posts displayed a Community Note, X’s name for user-generated fact-checks that Musk claims are “a clear and immediate way to refute anything false” posted to X.
Conspiracies around the attempted assassination of Donald Trump have been viewed over 215 million times on X, with 95% of posts failing to carry a fact check.
WASHINGTON, D.C., 04/11/24 – Accounts posting anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim content about the Israel-Gaza conflict are accumulating new followers on X at a significantly higher rate since October 7, exploiting policy changes enacted under Elon Musk’s […]
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