Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X's Fact Checkers Are Long Gone

[SassyIrishLass]

'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.

Now, his early election-year attacks on a tried-and-true voting method are raising alarms among civil rights lawyers, election administrators and Democrats. They worry that his control over the large social media platform gives him an outsize ability to reignite the doubts about the American election system that were so prevalent in the lead-up to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.'

https://archive.ph/PC6G2

Propagating misinformation and lies about the election process – such as lies about voting by mail being linked to ‘fraud’ – is an attack on democracy.

As for X, Musk has successfully turned the platform into a sewer.

Nobody cares

 

[jknowgood]

'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.

Now, his early election-year attacks on a tried-and-true voting method are raising alarms among civil rights lawyers, election administrators and Democrats. They worry that his control over the large social media platform gives him an outsize ability to reignite the doubts about the American election system that were so prevalent in the lead-up to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.'

https://archive.ph/PC6G2

Propagating misinformation and lies about the election process – such as lies about voting by mail being linked to ‘fraud’ – is an attack on democracy.

As for X, Musk has successfully turned the platform into a sewer.

Lol, mail in ballots have to be verified, but not the ones in the drop boxes.

 

[M14 Shooter]

As for X, Musk has successfully turned the platform into a sewer.

In other words:
You're upset Musk can do something he wont let you do.
Aww.

 

[jbrownson0831]

'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.

Now, his early election-year attacks on a tried-and-true voting method are raising alarms among civil rights lawyers, election administrators and Democrats. They worry that his control over the large social media platform gives him an outsize ability to reignite the doubts about the American election system that were so prevalent in the lead-up to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.'

https://archive.ph/PC6G2

Propagating misinformation and lies about the election process – such as lies about voting by mail being linked to ‘fraud’ – is an attack on democracy.

As for X, Musk has successfully turned the platform into a sewer.

Come on Mrs. Jones....everyone knows those old facts checkers were Dimtard shills who hated the truth. And now you are whining because the truth actually sneaks out every now and then.

 

[fncceo]

Malicious rumors being spread by X ...

1. Biden is actually still alive

2. We are living in a time of zero inflation where the streets are paved with platinum and everyone eats cake for breakfast

3. President Trump was actually cloned from Hitler's DNA in a Brazilian laboratory

4. Obama is retired and taking absolutely no part in running the current administratino

5. Middle class white-folks are the more dangerous than atomic bombs coated with COVID