Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right? | Mehdi Hasan

Does anyone seriously think this kind of amplification is harmless?

Elon Musk has long described himself as a centrist". He likes to pretend that he hasn't changed his views; it's the Democrats who have lurched to the left. He's merely a free speech advocate; a self-styled moderate" resisting the excesses of the woke mind virus".

But when you pay attention to his actual digital footprint - the tweets, the retweets, the algorithmic amplification - a very different, much darker picture emerges. The world's richest person clearly isn't interested in cultivating a neutral marketplace of ideas; rather, he has turned Twitter/X into a platform where far-right and racist content is repeatedly rewarded and amplified.