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Researchers Claim to Pinpoint Exact Date When Elon's X Started Boosting the Right

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74% Informative

Researchers claim to have found evidence that X (the platform formerly known as Twitter ) has an algorithmic bias for conservative content.

They say that promotion likely began on July 13, 2024 , the day a would-be assassin shot at Donald Trump during a political rally in Butler , Pennsylvania .

The research was designed to determine whether prominent conservative accounts including Musk ’s were being algorithmically favored by the platform.

X will continue to prove a useful medium by which to spread the new government’s messaging.

There are also signs that revenue flows that had previously abandoned X are starting to return.

A number of prominent advertisers that had ditched the platform have returned since Trump was re-elected.

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69

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62

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68

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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