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Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views

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Just like Bezos and the mainstream media use their platform to amplify left wing views?

This is why it's getting annoying to see this sort of headline. "Nobody should own the public square... Unless it's a cadre of young San Francisco leftists who represent one of the most extreme left factions in the country. They should own the public square."

Wait, Bezos like Jeff Bezos?former owner of Amazon Jeff Bezos? Since when has Jeff Bezos been left wing? His political contribution history is mostly to Republicans.

I think they're deducing that from Bezos's ownership of the Washington Post, which is (very mildly) progressive (left of the establishment median). I don't know that Bezos has himself really indicated much about his own political preferences nor does he exert strong editorial control over the Po.

The "How Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views" question seems be be answered that he personally tweets some right wing stuff and chats to right leaning people.

Anyone is entitled to voice their opinions. I thought there would be stuff about algorithmically benefiting one side but there's nothing of that in the article.

This repeated pearl-clutching from the media is getting tiresome. They're acting like X itself is a problem now, as a whole, in theory. But they loved Twitter...?

No one seemed to think twice when Twitter was using its social media platform to amplify left wing views. Not just left, but one of the furthest and most fringe left parts of the country, San Francisco.

America has a natural memetic immune system that precludes things like being a Nazi from public life, but it has no such immune system for the extremist left, some versions of which did many times the damage of the holocaust in the second half of the 20th century, the half we don't really learn about. Don't believe me? Walk down the street wearing a swastika and a hammer & sickle and see which one gets you attacked faster.

We need to develop some memetic antibodies quickly.

Well actually, the data shows that Twitter has always amplified right wing views, they’re just more honest about it now.

https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-reveals-algorithm-amplified...

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