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In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning that increased reliance on mail-in ballots would lead to a “rigged election,” the platform ran a corrective, debunking his claims.

“Get the facts about mail-in voting,” a content label read. “Experts say mail-in ballots are very rarely linked to voter fraud,” the hyperlinked article declared.

This month, Elon Musk, who has since bought Twitter and rebranded it X, echoed several of Mr. Trump’s claims about the American voting system, putting forth distorted and false notions that American elections were wide open for fraud and illegal voting by noncitizens.

This time, there were no fact checks. And the X algorithm — under Mr. Musk’s direct control — helped the posts reach large audiences, in some cases drawing many millions of views.

Since taking control of the site, Mr. Musk has dismantled the platform’s system for flagging false election content, arguing it amounted to election interference.

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[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 208 points 2 years ago

Good luck in November, America. Seems you'll need it more than ever.

[-] Hasuris@sopuli.xyz 76 points 2 years ago
[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago

Democracy already lost to capitalism. Authoritarianism is the natural progression of allowing a minority to control most of humanity's wealth/power/resources — a return to the mean that applied for 99% of recorded history.

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was going to send my drone to Ukraine but I might need it here. Hilarious the maga folks think they’re the only ones with weapons

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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 122 points 2 years ago

This was the plan the whole time. Duh

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago

Right, 98% of it wasn't anything about making money, improving the service, building something new, or allowing free speech.

He just wanted to make sure Twitter said what he wanted it to.

It's been wildly successful on that front. Way way way more successful than, say, Truth Social.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 43 points 2 years ago

Billionaires buying media. Just one more thing showing that democracy and insane wealth inequality are not compatible.

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 80 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So cut his fucking security clearance already for fucks sake what the fuck even is this pussy shit.

If drug use and election disinformation aren't enough to kill his contracts, then the stupid fucking Democrats have no fucking balls.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago

Next week- Elon blames Trump's loss on voter fraud instigated by Jews working with Black people.

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[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

It’s true, I saw some tweets calling musk a genius.

[-] garretble@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

When I become a billionaire I hope you guys don’t let me become just a trash human like basically every billionaire.

[-] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago

You typically need to be a trash human being to begin with in order to become a billionaire.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago
[-] Ooops@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Which means your upbringing and education is ripe with coditioning to become a trash human. So that's just another chicken/egg problem.

[-] quicklime@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But you have to be a trash human in order to become a billionaire.

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[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

It feels like why he wanted the site lol. The site is just a few steps above posting on truth social at this point.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Yes, that was his goal.

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