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Updated on: November 20, 2024 / 12:12 PM CST
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She first saw the ad on Facebook. And then again on TikTok. After seeing what appeared to be Elon Musk offering an investment opportunity over and over again, Heidi Swan figured it had to be […]
Deepfakes of Elon Musk contribute to billions in fraud losses in the U.S. – CBS News
Commons inquiry into rise of harmful content on social media also expected to call Meta and TikTok executives
MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned.
Senior executives from Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok are also expected to be called for questioning as part of a Commons science and technology select committee […]
MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X's role in UK summer riots – The Guardian
For years, conservatives and Trump supporters have claimed that social media companies were illegally biased against them. Multiple congressional hearings were held to grill tech CEOs. Lawsuits were filed accusing the companies of colluding with Democrats in the White House to censor the right.
The so-called Twitter Files, hyped by Elon Musk and handpicked journalists, were touted as smoking-gun proof of a vast conspiracy between social media and the government to violate the First Amendment. […]
The blurred line between X and the Trump administration – MSNBC News
Colin is an Associate Editor focused on tech and financial news. He has more than three years of experience editing, proofreading, and fact-checking content on current financial events and politics. He received his M.A. in journalism from The New School and his B.A. in history and political science from McGill University.
Colin is an Associate Editor focused on tech and financial news. He has more than three years of experience editing, proofreading, and fact-checking content on current […]
Why Does Elon Musk Support Ending EV Tax Credits? Here Are Two Reasons
Elon Musk is the world’s richest person partly due to his companies’ impressive innovations. But his wealth is also due to government contracts and programs that affected his two main businesses – electric vehicles and space travel.
Now President-elect Donald Trump has tasked the Tesla and SpaceX CEO with eliminating waste from the federal government. In the new role, Musk will help direct policies on a wide range of issues and government bodies, including […]
How much of Musk's wealth comes from tax dollars and government help? | CNN Business
Prime Minister’s net approval rating now stands at -22 points, according to survey by JL Partners
Sir Keir Starmer is less popular with the British public than Elon Musk, a poll has found.
The Prime Minister’s net approval rating now stands at -22 points, a significant fall from his score of four points at the start of the general election campaign in May.
The poll by JL Partners found that Mr Musk – the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter, who will have a major role in […]
Sir Keir Starmer 'less popular with British public than Elon Musk' – The Telegraph
It’s been two weeks since President-elect Donald Trump won another four years in the White House. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been by his side for much of that time.
Over the past fourteen days, Musk has hopped on the phone with at least two two foreign leaders, been tapped to lead his own government-efficiency commission, offered advice to Trump’s transition team, and hunkered down at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club.
Musk also joined Trump at a meeting with House Republicans on November 13, […]
Photos show Donald Trump and Elon Musk's post-election bromance – Business Insider
A week after election day, President-elect Donald Trump announced a new commission that he said could “become, potentially, the Manhattan Project of our time.” It is called the Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk, who has a reflexive need to make jokes, named the commission in honor of the recently surging meme cryptocurrency he favors, which is itself named after a famous Shiba Inu.
Trump selected Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the commission. […]
Who's Applying to Work for Elon Musk's DOGE? – New York Magazine
The hottest trend in Washington, DC, might be updating your résumé. Elon Musk’s government efficiency commission has been tasked with cutting government spending, raising questions about the future of millions of jobs.
Business Insider’s Ayelet Sheffey and Madison Hoff have a breakdown of the number of employees and salaries at different government departments.
The average compensation for most departments was over $100,000, with the Department of Education topping the list ($144,561). […]
Gen Z fell in love with government jobs. Elon Musk's budget cuts might upend them.
All eyes should have been on the sky over a launchpad in Texas on Tuesday as the world’s largest rocket streaked thunderously toward space.
But the orbit currently getting the most attention is not in the heavens — it’s the increasingly intimate one back on Earth uniting the planet’s soon-to-be-again most powerful man and its richest man.
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk — after trips to see Republicans in Washington and an […]
Trump's turn to bask in Elon Musk's reflected glory | CNN Politics