Unmusked: How Elon Musk is Using X to Poison our Democracy

Heidi Siegmund Cuda reveals how Elon Musk has used Twitter to launch an assault on the most foundational parts of of our democratic systems

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“Swimming in a vast cesspool of the raw data of fascism, Elon Musk's AI was trained to become a fascist.”—Dr. Michael MacKay

The video was, well, weird — creepy even by X/Twitter standards.

Speaking directly to the camera in a cult-like manner and gesticulating robotically, the CEO of X/Twitter Linda Yaccarino offered ‘A Message to X Users’ on how the company filed a complaint against organizations that boycott advertising on the platform due to its pro-Nazi problem.

The clip was so bizarre, Yaccarino earned herself an eviscerating satirical video by comedian Desi Lydic on The Daily Show and thousands of ‘concerned’ trolling comments that she was somehow being held hostage.

In two minutes, the platform’s users were reminded that under the ownership of Elon Musk, up is down, and down is up and truth is whatever he and his collaborators want it to be.

Nearly two years ago, we warned in our first Unmusked report that Musk was creating a $44 billion dollar psyop cannon aimed directly at the minds of users. We warned that he was engaging in an assault on truth. We warned that he was using his new toy to influence the outcome of the US 2024 election and to propagandize the narrative of world events.

There’s little comfort in being right about that.