„I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election.
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„I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical.
We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated.“
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
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Look, who knows if this is true, but the fact is that it is not surprising at all if it is.
Giving corporations the ability to modulate, pick and choose what's amplified, is death to democracy.
Make no mistake, this is what's coming to every corporate platform, including Bluesky. When the chips are down, there is no way any for profit entity stands up to the pressures that will be brought to bear to toe the line.
Public social media is the only defensible online space.
