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Elon Musk’s X under European investigation for disinformation

December 18, 2023
X is under investigation over disinformation. The European Union announced Monday, Dec. 18, that it is beginning the first probe opened under Europe’s new Digital Services Act (DSA).

The EU is looking into accusations that Elon Musk’s platform violated new regulations implemented in August. The regulations aimed to crack down on the spread of disinformation across social media.

The probe could last several months as the European Commission assesses “whether X may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency and data access for researchers.”

The investigation comes two months after EU officials initially asked X to provide information about “illegal content,” particularly violent content related to the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel.

Regulators are gathering information to decide whether X attempted to counter disinformation regarding the Israel-Hamas war via its Community Notes system.

If the investigation reveals that X engaged in unlawful practices, such as not fighting disinformation, Musk’s platform could be fined up to 6% of its global annual revenue. Based on 2022 figures, X brought in $4.4 billion dollars, which could equate to $282 million in fines.

Musk has not personally commented on the probe, however, X’s Safety page made a post reiterating the company’s commitment to compliance with the law.

“X remains committed to complying with the Digital Services Act and is cooperating with the regulatory process,” the post said. “It is important that this process remains free of political influence and follows the law. X is focused on creating a safe and inclusive environment for all users on our platform, while protecting freedom of expression, and we will continue to work tirelessly towards this goal.”

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Other social media companies, such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, along with Snapchat and TikTok, have also received requests for information under the DSA. However, the commission has not yet launched any probes into those companies.
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X owner Elon Musk accuses advertisers of blackmailing him

November 30, 2023
During The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday, Nov. 29, X owner Elon Musk accused advertisers of blackmailing him. The comments come in the wake of several advertisers withdrawing their spending from the platform following Musk’s endorsement of a post boosting an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

In a strongly worded message, Musk addressed the advertisers, specifically calling out Disney CEO Bob Iger.

“Don’t advertise,” Musk said. “If someone is trying to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go f— yourself. Go f— yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is. Hi Bob, if you’re in the audience.”

Iger spoke about Disney’s decision to pull advertising from the platform earlier at the summit, but he didn’t specify whether the company would return to X.

“We just felt that the association with that position and Elon Musk and X was not necessarily a positive one for us, and we decided we would pull our advertising,” Iger said.

In addition to Disney, major brands like Warner Bros. Discovery, IBM and Sony have suspended their ads.

Musk denies being antisemitic and admitted that he should not have “replied to that particular person” on social media.

Musk’s appearance at the summit comes after his recent trip to Israel. While there, he joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a tour of the Kfar Azza kibbutz, a village that Hamas attacked on Oct. 7.

Musk also spoke with other leaders, including Israel President Isaac Herzog.

“Hatred of the Jews affects the behavior of people in many places around the world, and you have a huge role to play in this,” Herzog told Musk.

“We have to do whatever is necessary to stop the hate,” Musk replied, according to a statement released by Herzog’s office.
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More companies pause ads on X over Musk endorsing antisemitic post

November 20, 2023
More advertisers have paused spending on Elon Musk’s X over the weekend as backlash from a social media comment by Musk continues to unfold. Warner Bros. Discovery and Sony are the latest companies to pause their ads following similar moves by IBM, Apple, Lionsgate, and Paramount Global.

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The spending freeze follows Musk’s response to an X user who posted a comment that included an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Musk replied to that post by saying, “You have said the actual truth.”

Musk’s comment not only resulted in a response from major advertisers but also from the White House, which said it was “unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie…at any time, let alone after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” referring to the terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel last month that killed at least 1,200 people.

A group of more than 150 Jewish leaders across the political spectrum released a statement calling on advertisers to pull ads from X, and saying that the post “was implicit support for Nazism.”

“Elon Musk is spreading the kind of antisemitism that leads to massacres,” the statement read. “And advertisers are funding the platform that allows him to spread his ideology to hundreds of millions people.”

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Musk, who bought the social media site formerly known as Twitter in October 2022, spoke out on Friday, Nov. 17, against advertisers who were pulling their ads. Musk said X would be filing a lawsuit against Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog group that accused X of placing ads next to posts supporting Hitler and the Nazi party.

Musk called the group’s allegations a “fraudulent attack.”

Musk has also defended his post on X saying that he wants nothing but the best for humanity.

“This past week, there were hundreds of bogus media stories claiming that I am antisemitic,” Musk wrote. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
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Microsoft hiring former OpenAI CEO who was fired 3 days ago: The Morning Rundown, Nov. 20, 2023

November 20, 2023
A wild weekend in the AI industry ends with the co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, landing at Microsoft. And a former first lady is being remembered as a trailblazer in the White House. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

Microsoft hiring former OpenAI CEO after being fired days earlier

Microsoft has announced it will hire Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, to lead a new advanced AI research team capping a whirlwind of a weekend in the world of AI. Microsoft’s move comes just hours after reports say OpenAI’s board of directors sent a note to employees that said Altman would not be returning to the AI startup after being ousted from his position on Friday, Nov. 17.

Microsoft, who is OpenAI’s biggest investor, will also bring Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s former president and co-founder who quit the company after Altman’s firing, to their new team.

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According to reports, OpenAI’s board has selected Emmett Shear, the former CEO of live streaming service Twitch, to replace Altman.

OpenAI’s board released a statement after letting Altman go, which said the former CEO “was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”

Though no specific incidents involving Altman were given, the statement said Altman had “lost the trust of the board of directors.”

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OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, almost one year ago, bringing artificial intelligence into the mainstream conversation, and with it came debates over the technology’s benefits and dangers.

According to CNN, a factor in Altman’s ouster was disagreements between the former CEO and the board over the future of AI, where Altman was seeking more aggressive developments, and the board was looking to be more cautious in the company’s approach.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

The nation continues to remember the life and legacy of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who passed away on Sunday, Nov. 19, at the age of 96. The Carter Center announced Rosalynn Carter died while surrounded by loved ones at the Carter home in Plains, Georgia.

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Rosalynn Carter was diagnosed with dementia in May and continued to live out her final months at home with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter.

“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished. She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it,” The former president said. “As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”

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During her time in the White House, the Carters’ relationship was something the American public had not seen from a president and first lady. Rosalynn Carter would speak her mind to the president and attend cabinet meetings.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden commemorated Rosalynn Carter in a statement saying, “She was a champion for equal rights and opportunities for women and girls; an advocate for mental health and wellness for every person; and a supporter of the often unseen and uncompensated caregivers of our children, aging loved ones, and people with disabilities.”

Reports: US close to deal with Israel, Hamas to release hostages

A deal arranged by the United States between Israel and Hamas to free dozens of women and children being held captive in Gaza is closer to being struck, according to the Washington Post and other news outlets. The reported agreement would see a five-day pause in the fighting.

According to sources familiar with the deal, both sides would cease combat operations for at least five days while 50-plus hostages would be released in small groups every 24 hours. Israeli officials say nearly 240 people were taken hostage during Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack.

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The Washington Post reports that overhead surveillance will continue to help enforce the pause in fighting. The U.S.-brokered deal would also allow for significant humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer told ABC News on Sunday, Nov. 19, that negotiations have “reached a very sensitive stage,” and some areas of disagreement that have prevented a deal in the past have “narrowed.” The Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Herzog, said he’s hopeful a deal can be made in the “coming days.”

More companies pause ads on “X” in fallout from Musk’s comment

More advertisers have paused spending on Elon Musk’s “X” over the weekend, as backlash from a social media comment by the tech entrepreneur last week continues to unfold. Warner Brothers, Discovery and Sony are the latest companies to pause their ads following similar moves by IBM, Apple, Lionsgate and Paramount Global.

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The spending freeze is in response to Musk’s response to an “X” user who posted a comment that included an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Musk replied to that post by saying, “You have said the actual truth.”

Musk’s comment not only resulted in a response from major advertisers but also from the White House, which said it was “unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie…at any time, let alone after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” referring to the terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel last month that killed at least 1,200 people.

Musk, who bought the social media site formerly known as Twitter in October 2022, spoke out on Friday, Nov. 17, against advertisers who were pulling their ads and said “X” would be filing a lawsuit on Monday, Nov. 20, against Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog group that accused “X” of placing ads next to posts supporting Hitler and the Nazi party. Musk called the group’s allegations a “fraudulent attack.”

On Sunday, Musk released another statement on X saying the reports of him being antisemitic are not true. He added, “I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all.”

Honda recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles due to an engine issue

Honda is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles due to a manufacturing error that may cause damage to the engine. The automaker said a connecting rod bearing may wear, causing the engine to run improperly or stall while being driven, increasing the risk of a fire or crash.

The recall applies to:
- 2015 to 2020 Acura TLX vehicles
- 2016 to 2020 Acura MDX SUVs
- 2017 to 2019 Ridgeline pickup trucks
- 2018 to 2019 Odyssey minivans
- 2016, 2018, 2019 Pilot SUVs.
Honda said owners will be notified by mail in early January; dealers will repair or replace the engine as necessary.

The cost of Thanksgiving dinner is down compared to 2022

It’s Thanksgiving week; before you gather around the table for the annual feast, you may be happy to hear that this year’s holiday dinner will cost a tad less to make than it did in 2022. A typical Thanksgiving meal for 10 people, complete with all the fixings, including cranberries and sweet potatoes, will cost an average of $61.17, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, down from 2022’s $64.05.

One of the reasons for a slightly less expensive feast is the drop in turkey prices this year due to a decline in bird flu cases, which affected last year’s turkey production. But don’t get too jolly over these holiday food prices because this year’s Thanksgiving feast will still cost almost $8 more than in 2021 when Thanksgiving for 10 was around $53.
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IDF shares evidence of Hamas tunnel network under hospital in a video on X

November 14, 2023
Is it propaganda? Public relations? Misinformation? Or just simply a perspective of the Israel-Hamas war being shown online? Videos of airstrikes, fire fights and bloody civilians seeking desperate help at Gaza’s hospitals can be seen on multiple social media platforms.

It’s been about two weeks since the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched its ground incursion into Gaza. The aim of the incursion is to seek out Hamas terrorists and find and rescue over 200 hostages that Hamas kidnapped on Oct. 7.

The IDF has been posting videos and photos to X, showing the world what its soldiers are up against.

In a video posted to X on Monday, Nov. 13, an Israeli defense spokesperson shows a suspected Hamas tunnel under Gaza’s Rantisi Children’s Hospital.

“The electricity goes here, and it goes down directly to the tunnel,” said IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari as he points to a suspected Hamas tunnel near the hospital. “Now you can see the tunnel. It’s more than 20 meters down.”

In the video, the IDF soldiers enter the hospital basement to show where they believe Hamas terrorists “hide, operate and hold Israeli hostages against their will.” The footage shows an alleged Hamas command center stocked with war gear, including guns and grenades.

“Look at what Hamas is holding inside the hospital,” Hagari said. “I want you to understand, this kind of gear is the gear for a major fight. These are explosives. These are vests with explosives. It’s a body vest for terrorists to explode on forces among hospitals, among patients. This is Hamas firing RPGs from hospitals. The world has to understand who Israel is fighting against.”

The IDF claims to have found evidence that Hamas held hostages in the basement of the hospital.

In the video, Hagari points out a motorcycle, riddled with bullet holes. The bike is believed to have been used in the Hamas terror attack, and it’s allegedly being stored in the hospital basement. Hagari then shows where Hamas may have held hostages.

“We find the chair, a woman’s clothes and a rope, a rope next to the legs. And look above this, look above it,” Hagari said, looking up at a World Health Organization box. “It’s a baby bottle. It’s a baby bottle in a basement above a World Health Organization sign. This is a suspicion for an area where hostages were being held.”

Hamas has repeatedly denied using civilian infrastructure for command centers. However, U.S. officials reject that claim and confirm that Hamas terrorists hide behind their Palestinian citizens – complicating matters for IDF soldiers who want to wipe out Hamas terrorists while minimizing civilian casualties.

“You can see, even from open-source reporting, that Hamas does use hospitals along with a lot of other civilian facilities for command and control,” U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. “For storing weapons, for housing it’s fighters. And so, without getting into this specific hospital or that specific claim, this is Hamas’ track record.”

Even with the video evidence and the backing of U.S. intelligence confirming Hamas’ war strategy, some people are not convinced, and they’re responding to the IDF’s videos directly on X.

“This is the best comedy film I have seen all year,” one user wrote.

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“He didn’t show the tunnel leading to the hospital,” another user wrote. “They think this tunnel justifies murdering 4,000 children and bombing all the hospitals in Gaza. He planted weapons [in the] child’s room to elude to this.”

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Pro-Israel commenters say Israel is fighting a terror organization that does not follow the laws of war.

“It’s enraging to witness the blatant exploitation of civilian spaces by Hamas for their malicious activities,” a user wrote in Israel’s defense. “The use of hospitals and tunnels for such purposes is a clear violation of humanitarian principles.”

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“Only the Jews have to prove every single thing with 50 pieces of evidence and it will still be denied at large,” another comment said in part.

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Meanwhile, according to the Times of Israel, Israel’s defense minister said Monday that Hamas has lost control of the Gaza Strip. The IDF is now moving in to fully capture Gaza.
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Elon Musk’s xAI launches chatbot with a ‘rebellious streak’

November 6, 2023
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, launched a new chatbot named Grok, which is designed to answer questions “with a bit of wit.” Grok also has a “rebellious streak,” according to xAI.

On Nov. 4, the chatbot was announced. It became available to a select group of users and it is intended to compete with ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI.

Musk co-founded OpenAI, but left the board in 2018.

Grok is still in its early stages of development, and xAI has called it a “very early beta product.”

Musk said that Grok has an advantage over other chatbots because it has real-time access to information through X, Musk’s social media platform. xAI has also said that Grok will answer “spicy” questions that are rejected by other AI systems.

The word grok was coined a 1961 science fiction novel, “Stranger in a Strange Land,” and it means “to understand profoundly and intuitively.”

The chatbot’s launch came days after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosted an AI Safety Summit for world and tech leaders. At the end of that conference, he sat down for a live-streamed conversation with Musk.

During the conversation, Musk said that AI “will be a force for good most likely, but the probability of it going bad is not zero percent.”
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Conspiracies fill social media as search continues for accused Maine shooter

October 27, 2023
A massive manhunt in Maine is still ongoing as of Friday, Oct. 27, as law enforcement searches for 40-year-old Robert Card. Card, an Army reservist, is accused of killing 18 people and wounding more than a dozen others in a mass shooting on Oct. 25 in Lewiston.

Police say Card shot numerous victims inside a bowling alley and a restaurant. Investigators then found Card’s vehicle at a boat dock and have advised residents of Lewiston and nearby communities to shelter in place.

Authorities believe Card could be in a 15-foot lake boat. The Coast Guard dispatched a vessel and a plane to search the waterways, and investigators deployed divers and sonar equipment to either find a body or more evidence connected to Card.

“I think that every minute that this goes on, we’re more and more concerned, you know, because what’s the next thing that’s going to happen?” Michael Sauschuck, commissioner of Maine’s Department of Public Safety, said during a news conference. “And we understand that, and that’s why we’re working 24/7 to bring this individual to justice and to try to bring some closure and some overall safety to our communities.”

Meanwhile, all kinds of rumors and speculation are spreading on social media. Numerous verified accounts on X made posts claiming the Maine shooting was a “false flag.”

According to the Anti-Defamation League, a false flag is “a term used by conspiracy theorists to suggest that various world events and crises, such as terrorist attacks and mass shootings, were actually orchestrated by governments or sinister forces in furtherance of a political or social goal, such as gun control or sowing public fear.”

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, one day before the Maine mass shooting, Vice President Kamala Harris posted on X: “Congress must pass an assault weapons ban. President Joe Biden will sign it.”

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Wednesday night, just hours after the mass shooting, Laura Loomer, a popular podcaster with more 635,000 followers posted in response to Harris.

“1 day ago. Interesting. And tomorrow @JoeBiden is giving a speech on a proposal for an assault weapons ban at 1 pm EST? Wow. Interesting timing with what just happened in Lewiston, Maine tonight. Imagine that,” Loomer wrote.

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Shadow of Ezra, another verified account on X with more than 143,000 followers, also posted to the social media platform.

“FBI just staged another shooting. All major shooters end up having connections to the FBI.”

https://twitter.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1717351564090679700

Mandy AMC, a self-proclaimed “conspiracy realist” with a verified X account, posted a poll to the platform asking thousands of her followers if they believe the Maine shooting was a false flag event. According to the results, 45% of respondents said “yes.”

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Community Notes, a feature on X used to add context to misleading information, did not appear on any of the posts.

Canadian authorities are deploying more resources to its border with the United States, as the area remains on high alert for the suspected gunman.

Investigators say they found a note while serving a search warrant on Card’s house Thursday night but would not disclose its contents.
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Your ‘entire financial life’ on X? Musk wants to start by the end of next year

October 27, 2023
Elon Musk wants X to handle users’ “entire financial life,” and it could be possible as early as next year. According to The Verge’s reportin g, Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino mentioned this timeline to employees during an all-hands call on Thursday, Oct. 26.

“It’s not just like ‘send $20 to my friend,’” Musk said. “I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”

This announcement is not the first time the co-founder of PayPal has shared his vision for entering the financial sector. In his initial meeting with Twitter staff after taking the helm, he reportedly discussed offering an array of services to establish the platform as “the people’s financial institution.”

Musk’s vision is to transform X into a super-app akin to WeChat in China, which is seemingly reminiscent of his original plans for PayPal.

The move aligns with the broader trend of Big Tech companies venturing into financial services. Apple and Alphabet have introduced mobile wallet solutions. Apple, in partnership with Goldman Sachs, announced a high-yield savings account option in April. Additionally, Amazon has entered the financial sector by providing financing for small and medium-sized businesses.
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Interest and trust in news drops among Democrats, Republicans, independents: Pew

October 25, 2023
With the 2024 presidential election a year away, new research shows that Americans are watching or reading the news less closely than they were just a few years earlier. According to a new Pew Research Center analysis, since 2016, there has been a precipitous decline in adults following the news.

In 2016, 51% of adults said they followed the news “all or most of the time.” The latest numbers from 2022 show that number has dropped to 38%.

The decline in viewership comes as the public faces high levels of news fatigue and questions whether the media is accurately and fairly reporting the news. This distrust has been driven by political division in recent years.

According to a September poll by Gallup, American’s confidence that the news media will accurately report the news is at its lowest level since 2016. That’s when Republican trust in the media plummeted after former president Donald Trump began calling the press fake news and the “enemy of the people.”

Historically, Democrats have had more trust in the media than Republicans, but the Gallup study shows their confidence in the news is also down, having fallen 12 points in the last year to 58%.

It is worth nothing that those numbers are still much higher than those for Republicans and independents:
- 58% Democrats.
- 11% Republicans.
- 29% Independents.
In a 2019 discussion about building trust with news consumers, the director of Journalism Research at Pew, Amy Mitchell, said the sheer amount of information online has made it difficult for Americans to identify credible news sources.

“The majority of Americans … have said to us in our survey work that they are overwhelmed by the amount of news and information that’s out there today,” Mitchell said. “We looked at people’s ability to differentiate between factual statements in the news and opinions. And we were interested to see what characteristics have some impact or don’t have some impact on that. And what we saw was pretty striking, which was that those who had high digital savviness compared with low digital savviness did far better in their ability to distinguish between those two.”

There are also calls for social media platforms to stop the spread of misinformation. The Israel-Hamas war is the latest example. During the week of Oct. 15, the European Union sent a letter to X owner Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding they stop the spread of misinformation on their platforms or face penalties.
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Growing share of Americans say gov’t should restrict ‘offensive’ speech

October 19, 2023
Freedom of expression is a core value of American democracy. From the founding through many wars and protests to today’s social media platforms, the First Amendment’s free speech protections have been debated and challenged in every generation. Now, a poll by the University of Virginia shows that a growing number of Americans believe the government should restrict certain speech.

Forty-seven percent of Biden supporters and 35% of Trump supporters said the government should regulate or restrict the expression of views considered discriminatory or offensive.

The latest poll comes as the volume of the free speech debate may be at its loudest in decades.

Calls for social media platforms to censor certain speech have been met with much friction, with some saying censorship has gone too far.

Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now known as X, to expand free speech around the globe. In his effort, calls for Musk to censor hate speech on his platform have grown louder, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging Musk to counter the antisemitic speech on the platform.

The freedom of expression debate also lives on college campuses, as some universities have banned or disinvited certain speakers from campus. In September, freedom of speech rankings among colleges in the U.S. had Harvard University in last place.

Americans are also increasingly distrustful of political opponents, and they willing to approve of violence against them.

Nearly 70% of voters who support Trump and Biden believe that electing officials from the opposing party would result in lasting harm to the U.S.

Forty-one percent of Biden supporters and 38% of Trump supporters said using violence to stop the other party from taking power would be acceptable.

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This leads to an electorate weary of the current system; 31% of Trump voters and 24% of Biden voters now agree that “democracy is no longer a viable system, and America should explore alternative forms of government to ensure stability and progress.”

More than 40% of Trump voters and nearly one-third of Biden voters support red or blue states seceding from the union.

As America heads into the 2024 election year amidst wars, an immigration crisis, government showdowns, and more, at least a quarter of respondents on both sides said elections should be suspended in times of crisis.
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