• vegantomato@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Another one: Elon Musk is pushing the whole Grooming Gang propaganda on X to cause tensions in the UK. As if nobody cares about victims when the perpetrator happens to be brown. It’s absolute populist BS.

    He is also saying that the parliament should be dissolved, and is throwing around more outrageous accusations: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/01/04/elon-musk-pushes-for-britains-king-charles-to-dissolve-parliament-as-lawmakers-say-tesla-ceo-is-misinformed/

    We have people with obvious political agendas controlling the world’s largest social media platforms, and it’s not just the CCP.

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      22 hours ago

      When you said “pushing the … propaganda” I assumed you meant using algorithms to artificially amplify these messages.

      But the whole article is just about Musk posting his opinions on X.

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        16 hours ago

        You were right the first time. Not to defend Musk’s populist tirade, but I was talking about how he and others in power are using these platforms to inorganically amplify propaganda.

        I’m not a free speech absolutist and I do not believe libel should be allowed. But this is about more than that just one person defaming others.