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Elon
Musk
has
been
accused
of
spreading
misinformation
about
the
2024
presidential
election
by
the
White
House,
causing
concern.
As
the
2024
presidential
election
season
is
getting
into
full
swing,
the
White
House
and
the
campaign
team
for
President
Joe
Biden
have
alleged
that
Elon
Musk
is
purposely
sharing
misinformation
about
the
election
on
X,
formerly
Twitter,
and
preventing
actual
fact-checking.
“It
is
profoundly
irresponsible
to
spread
false
information
and
sow
distrust
about
how
our
elections
operate,”
said
Biden
campaign
manager,
Julie
Chávez
Rodríguez,
to
the
New
York
Times,
adding:
“It’s
even
more
dangerous
coming
from
the
owner
of
a
social
media
platform.
We
will
continue
to
call
out
this
recklessness
as
we
carry
out
President
Biden’s
commitment
to
protecting
our
elections.”
The
statement
is
the
first
direct
accusation
by
the
campaign,
and
it
marks
another
point
of
contention
between
Musk
and
Biden.
Musk
has
been
openly
contemptuous of
President
Biden
after
his
Tesla
electric
vehicle
company
was
excluded
from
White
House
events.
Since
his
acquisition
of
X,
the
tech
billionaire
has
implored
those
following
him
on
the
social
media
platform
to
vote
Republican.
Harmeet
K.
Dhillon,
a
lawyer
representing
former
President
Donald
Trump,
said
that
the
moves
made
X
“a
much
better
place
for
conservatives,”
praising
Musk.
Musk
has
also
dismantled
X’s
system
for
flagging
fake
election
content,
stating
that
it
amounted
to
election
interference
in
addition
to
amplifying
false
claims
of
undocumented
immigrants
voting
in
American
elections.
The
defiance
by
Musk
is
still
present,
even
as
advertisers
have
registered
complaints
that
allowing
such
disinformation
and
content
would
further
harm
democracy
in
the
nation.
These
same
charges
have
been
levied
against
X
by
the
European
Union,
which
filed
a
report
late
last
year
noting
how
in
comparison
to
other
social
media
platforms
such
as
Facebook
and
YouTube,
instances
of
election
interference
content
were
high
on
X.
Linda
Yaccarino,
the
chief
executive
at
X,
has
been
steadily
refuting
Musk’s
claims
of
removing
the
integrity
team,
pointing
to
the
Community
Notes
feature
and
saying
there
will
be
expansion.
Stephen
Richer,
the
Maricopa
County,
Arizona
county
recorder,
still
has
his
concerns
over
Musk’s
behavior.
“Whether
it’s
President
Trump
or
Mr.
Musk
talking
about
this
and
keeping
it
very
much
a
top-of-mind
issue,
that
can
potentially
make
our
lives
more
challenging,”
he
said.
