Data indicates that Elon Musk's X algorithms indisputably drive users into right wing propaganda rabbit holes from which they may not be able to untether themselves.
A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly
Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right-wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly
Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.
Elon Musk’s X Is A Misinformation Machine—And Black Women Saw It Coming - Essence
For years, Black women have sounded the alarm about digital manipulation. X’s new policies prove how right they were.
How Elon Musk’s X Shapes the AI Boom
Like it or not, the artificial-intelligence race is playing out on X. That fact has some big implications.
How Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views
As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used it as a microphone to amplify his political views and those of the often right-wing figures he’s aligned with.
How Elon Musk’s Own Account Dominates X (Published 2024)
The billionaire has effectively become the star of his social media platform, transforming X into a reflection of his personal views before the election.
Here’s What Elon Musk Sees When He Opens X (Published 2025)
The New York Times tracked 1,109 accounts that Mr. Musk follows on X to recreate his news feed.
Twitter Is Dead, X Is Elon’s Personal Propaganda Platform, Where Grok Checks His Feed Before Answering
Last week, Elon Musk’s Grok AI started spewing extreme antisemitism, calling itself “MechaHitler” and pushing conspiracy theories about Jewish people. But that wasn’t the mo…
Musk’s Grok AI Generated Thousands of Undressed Images Per Hour on X
Elon Musk’s X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier this week.
Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
FTC urged to reject Elon Musk’s bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.
Exclusive | X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content—Whether They Want It or Not
A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.
Trump and Musk's history obsession
The frenemies' strange obsession with historical "accuracy" has disturbing connections to big AI
X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds
X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies.
Science says X algorithmic feed makes users favor conservative views
A new study found that users who rely on algorithmic rather than chronological X feed become more supportive of conservative opinions, including about Ukraine and investigations into Donald Trump.
Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies
Grok's selling point is real-time access to news, but Motherboard found that it generated inaccurate information about Israel-Palestine and lent credence to conspiracy theories.
Elon Musk beyond X
Separating out non-X Elon Musk articles because clearly this isn’t considered relevant by people who choose to remain on X (i.e., things that don’t absolutely immediately directly affect X users), but remember that this is who is behind the decisions being made there
It is fucking insane that a military contractor (and biggest GOP donor) undermined the performance of services paid for by the DOD, and…
Exclusive | Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Musk (by Ronen Tamari) — Semble
The ‘Zero’ People Who Died After USAID Was Dismantled
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally