Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right? | Mehdi Hasan

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Does anyone seriously think this kind of amplification is harmless? Elon Musk has long described himself as a “centrist”. He likes to pretend that he hasn’t changed his views; it’s the Democrats who have lurched to the left. He’s merely a free speech advocate; a self-styled “moderate” resisting the excesses of the “woke mind virus”. But when you pay attention to his actual digital footprint, the tweets, the retweets, the algorithmic amplification, a very different, much darker picture emerges. The world’s richest person clearly isn’t interested in cultivating a neutral marketplace of ideas; rather, he has turned Twitter/X into a platform where far-right and racist content is repeatedly rewarded and amplified. Continue reading...