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The X Effect: Elon Musk, X and the British right-wing
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November 5, 2025
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16:22Now PlayingAn investigation by Sky News has shown how Elon Musk's X platform pushes right-wing and extreme content to British users - whether they want it or not.
In a nine-month investigation by our Data and Forensics team, using hundreds of thousands of data points, we show that X feeds disproportionate amounts of right-wing content to users regardless of their political preferences.
The team explores what effect this is having on political discourse in the UK - is Musk having a disproportionate influence on British politics and society?
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