Musk turns bigotry into a contest with cash prizes

This certainly undermines any of his arguments that the EU's fine for X being a platform for hatred is unfounded.

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Surprising no one, Elon Musk’s X awarded a million-dollar prize to a “creator” with a long, documented history of racist and antisemitic posts. Demonstrating that hate speech is not a moderation failure but occasionally hands terrible people cash.

When Elon Musk’s social media platform X launched a contest to promote its “Articles” feature, the guidelines were explicit: Submissions “must not contain political, or religious statements.”

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The $1 million grand prize went to X user @beaverd for an article titled “Deloitte, a $74 billion cancer metastasized across America,” which aggregated data about government contracts with the consulting giant. Deloitte contracts were targeted for cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency when Musk was leading the Trump administration initiative. DOGE terminated at least 127 Deloitte contracts, according to Business Insider.

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The user has a history of racist and fringe posts on X.

In one post, @beaverd wrote, “i think america is ready for a shade of white lets send those somali’s back.” In another, the user said, “we gave multi culturalism a good college try it doesnt work. no more white guilt.” In December, Musk made a post saying “No more white guilt” as well.

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Musk has a history of interacting with the “winner’s” content and, more generally, rewarding hate. This certainly undermines any of his arguments that the EU’s fine for X being a platform for hatred is unfounded.