Elon Musk says his politics are in the center but extremism experts say he's using Twitter to increasingly empower right-wing viewpoints

Dec 11 2022 by Business Insider

 
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Elon Musk has been weighing in more and more on political issues since buying Twitter. Once positioning himself as neutral, he now shares anti-Democratic conspiracies and endorses the GOP. "Any argument that he's trying to empower the center is patently bullshit," a researcher on extremism told Insider.

Though he has long touted himself as...

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