Elon Musk’s Super Pac spent $200m to help elect Donald Trump
Billionaire provided vast majority of funds to America Pac in winning bid to return Trump to White House
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This week in tech news, Elon Musk and Donald Trump propose a “Department of Government Efficiency”, crypto wins big in every single election, and a modern equivalent of Lysistrata takes hold on TikTok.
Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump
Billionaires like Elon Musk don’t just think they’re better than the rest of us – they hate us
Zoe Williams
The ultra-wealthy talk about solving the climate crisis or ending inequality. But what they’re really interested in is outliving or escaping anyone poorer than them, writes Zoe Williams
First came the bots, then came the bosses - we’re entering Musk and Zuck’s new era of disinformation
Joan Donovan
Tech leaders’ politics are encoded into their platforms – and with Trump’s ascent, they have direct access to the Oval Office
Australia to pursue AI and social media regulation despite any Trump administration opposition, MP says
When asked about Elon Musk’s objection to regulation, Ed Husic says government will ‘do what we have to do’
