Elon Musk says Twitter may have “favourite” leftist candidates in elections

Elon Musk says Twitter may have “favourite” leftist candidates in elections


Musk presented no evidence on the statement; businessman commented on the elections in Brazil in response to a follower

the billionaire Elon Muskowner of Twittersaid this Saturday that it is possible that the social network “gave preference to leftist candidates” during the elections in Brazil.

“I’ve seen a lot of worrying tweets about the recent elections in Brazil. If these tweets are accurate, it’s possible that people on Twitter have favored leftist candidates,” he wrote. She presented no evidence on the statement.

Musk’s posting was made in response to a follower who asked about which elections were “rigged” by the previous team that ran Twitter, before the social network was bought by the billionaire.

Musk closed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in late October and has since pushed changes to the social network’s structure and been embroiled in controversy. Shortly after acquiring the platform, he laid off about 50% of his employees. In addition, he restored suspended accounts on the social network, including that of the former US president. Donald Trump🇧🇷 The new Twitter owner says that content moderation “is restrictive and undermines freedom of expression”.

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