Was Musk Radicalised by His Own Platform?

Illustration by Kristen Radtke

The Great Replacement theory is thriving on X, due in part to its ‘free speech’ policies but also due to an endorsement from the former CEO and current CTO of the platform, Elon Musk. Over the past few months, Musk’s feed, with a reach of over 175 million individuals, has featured more and more anti-illegal-immigration posts, most of which are conspiratorial in nature and designed to incite racial hatred.