Those false and misleading posts have generated more than 2 billion views, and not just because Musk is an influential person. On X, political ads are still pumping alongside Musk’s megaphone. The CCDH found Musk’s political posts have garnered more than 17.1 billion views since the billionaire executive formally endorsed Trump in July. The analysis comes from publicly available data from X about Musk’s posts and political campaign spending to promote ads on the platform. The research found that Musk’s claims that Democrats support “importing voters” were viewed nearly 1.3 billion times.

Source: Forbes November 05, 2024 20:09 UTC