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Elon Musk's X pushes Trump tags on all US users (www.salon.com)

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X, the social media platform owned by Trump megadonor Elon Musk, is promoting Trump campaign-curated content to all U.S. users, regardless of whether they have opted out of Trump-related content.

On the platform formerly known as Twitter, banner ads for the Trump campaign donning the #Trump2024 tag appear for all U.S. users, even those who’ve blocked words, topics, and hashtags related to the candidate or his campaign or muted the advertiser.

Additionally, the #MAGA tag displays an edited image of the former president from his attempted assassination and the #Trump2024 hashtag displays an American flag.

It is unclear whether the Trump campaign paid for the images on the #Trump2024 and #MAGA tags, though an advertisement for the tag on the site’s trending page reads “Promoted by Team Trump.” As Mashable noted, it is the first time the platform has enabled the image feature to promote a specific political candidate.

Clicking the Trump2024 tag also prompts American flag graphics to flood the screen.

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[+] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -19 points 4 months ago

Failure to change with the times and to learn from scientific advancements and social improvements is a conservative trait.

Literally lolled at this. This post is in response to a "far right" Elon Musk who owns the first company to ever fire a rocket into space, retrieve and reuse it. I'm sure he's just taking credit for all the bleeding heart liberal geniuses working under him.

Is not changing your opinions with time and new info a respectable way to live your life?

🥱 Wow way to load your rebuttal to make yourself seem so erudite and above it all. The reality is that a ton of the "new info" turns out to be proven false or even to be outright lies. The reality is that you should be incredibly suspicious of "new info" because chances are it hasn't been properly vetted and could be driven by an agenda similar to how companies fund research to prove their desired conclusions.

[-] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Hey I was trying to say your point was valid but I guess you'd rather be told to go fuck yourself? /shrug

[-] match@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago

before i make a user note for you can you clarify if you mean what you're saying or if you're just being a silly bee

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