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How Elon Musk has used X as a megaphone for the re-election of Trump

NPR

By Shannon Bond,

Bobby Allyn

Published October 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM EDT

It's been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He's turned the platform into a megaphone for himself and, increasingly, for former President Donald Trump.

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Shannon Bond

Shannon Bond is a business correspondent at NPR, covering technology and how Silicon Valley's biggest companies are transforming how we live, work and communicate.

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Bobby Allyn

Bobby Allyn is a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He covers technology and how Silicon Valley's largest companies are transforming how we live and reshaping society.

See stories by Bobby Allyn

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