An analysis from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that tracks misinformation, found that Elon Musk posted at least 87 claims this year about the U.S. election on X that fact-checkers have rated as false or misleading. 
Those false and misleading posts have generated more than 2 billion views, and not just because Musk is an influential person. He has also been found to tweak X’s algorithms so his own posts reach everyone on the platform because apparently, having 203 million followers just isn’t enough.

Musk paid $44 billion for Twitter, so I guess that works out to $22 per view of his false and misleading posts. Hopefully by the end of today, he’ll realize how shitty of an investment that was.

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posted by matt in Tuesday, November 5, 2024

In the letter, these organizations specifically call out X for its "persistent failings" in moderating unlawful distribution of copyrighted material. The letter makes it clear that this problem is unique to the platform since Musk's acquisition.

Copyright infringement is the dark side of the Twitter/X dumpster fire. Extremism and disinformation have garnered most of the spotlight since Musk's arrival, but copyright infringement has burned steadily the whole time. Maybe copyright law will force him to make some changes.

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posted by matt in Saturday, August 3, 2024

Elon Musk just made Twitter the most expensive side hustle in history.

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posted by matt in Monday, April 25, 2022

This article is sort of fascinating, and is a door into a fairly deep hole. Oh, and the obvious soundtrack for reading it is Fantasy by Aldo Nova.

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posted by matt in Thursday, October 7, 2021