Data compiled by the NBC News Decision Desk shows that Musk’s election conspiracy theories and doubts have vastly outperformed his other posts about the election.

Summary

Elon Musk’s posts on X questioning election integrity and promoting conspiracy theories garner significantly more engagement than his other election-related content, with NBC News reporting 5.2 times more likes and 9.1 times more reposts.

Despite fact-checkers debunking many of Musk’s claims, such as alleged noncitizen voting, his posts casting doubt on the process reach millions.

Musk, a prominent Trump supporter, has donated over $118 million to a pro-Trump PAC and leverages his platform’s far-right tilt, drawing concern as election-related misinformation prompts heightened security measures for election officials nationwide.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Most of them are bots only capable of copy-paste

      (There are a lot of dumb people, don’t get me wrong, but on twitter, most the people spouting his nonsense are bots.)