Rome (AP) – Elon Musk Washington may collide with political grace in DC, but as he wants to create a new political party, his power on X – where he commands the most popular account – remains uncontrolled.
Is musk One king On the stage He acquired $ 44 billion in 2022He has used his influence to cultivate rigorous politicians and rebel workers across Europe. According to an associated press analysis of public data, a retweet or answer from musk can give birth to millions of ideas and tens of thousands of new followers.
This fact is not lost on the affected people who have constantly tagged Kasturi, demanding an answer or retweet. It has also given wind to concerns about foreign arbitration in Europe – not from Russia or China, but from the United States.
Christel Shaldmos, vice -president of the European Parliament, requires a ring to every alarm bell, which works on electoral intervention and digital regulation.
Associated Press analyzed more than 20,000 posts, compiled by bright data, in a three -year period from a sample of 11 European data over a period of three years, which had significant conversations with musk and often. Arsenia,
These case studies are not to be representative of a broad universe; Rather they display methods in which musc’s engagement may have an impact on local effects that share their views.
Musk has widespread power to focus on X
Since acquiring Twitter in October 2022, Elon Musk’s followers have exceeded double, exceeding 220 million. No other major account has shown such high or consistent development.
Results: If the X account of the Musk is its megaphone, it has become very large because it has taken over – a change that has global implications.
To promote Musk, they are part of a growing global alliance of nationalist parties and individuals, which have united for general reasons to prevent migration, overturn progressive policies and promote an absolute vision of free speech, which has intensified the foundations of the trans-elementic bonding trans-European relations for eight decades.
AP analyzed many accounts belong to those who have faced allegations of illegal behavior in their countries. Tommy Robinson, an immigrant agitator in the UK, 18 months jail sentence was sentenced in October He was barred from making derogatory allegations against the Syrian refugee for violating a court order. Bosen Hokeke, a politician of Germany alternative to the DUSLEND (AFD) party, was, Intentionally convicted for using Nazi slogans In a speech.
Italian Vice Premier Mateo Salvini Was acquitted in December In allegations, he illegally detained 100 migrants aboard a human rescue ship.
Among others investigated by AP: Alice Waidel, who helped lead Germany for the Duewland (AFD) party to showcase their best election this year; Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a Dutch influential person known as “shieldmaden of far-flung”; Naomi Sibat, a German worker dubbed “Anti-Grata Thunberg”, which is now living in Washington DC in the quantity for political exile; Both Rubin Pulido and Fouro Madrid are associated with Spain’s Local Awakan Vox Party; And Fidius Panayotau, a politician from Cyprus, who has also advocated for Musk’s companies.
These accounts collectively received about 5 million followers from the time of capturing Twitter in October 2022 through January of this year. The percentage of triple-contingles in its followers increases -920%as high, or at that time in a small account explosion, 6,000%topping. Even some accounts that grew more rapidly on their own, saw that his follower’s count begins to grow rapidly, once Kasturi started interacting with him. Similarly, the Days Musk interacted with a post, increased the number of accounts – in most cases, as two to four times several ideas, with some viewing, 30 or 40 times promotes their normal daily audience number.
More established players in Musk’s class-like Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has neo-fascist roots among the ruling brothers of the Italian party-when Musk interacted with him on X, there was less profit.
People who pay attention know that attaching musk can be transformative
The dominance of the musk makes people a strong incentive to get musk to connect with their content.
The German climate Nomi Sibat, Pinge Pinge Pinge about 600 times in the last three years. Musk finally continued in June 2024 when he asked him to convince him to explain why the option for Germany (AFD) party is so controversial in Germany.
Since then, Musk has replied, quoted or tagged SEIBT more than 50 times, and his followers have increased more than 320,000 because Musk has occupied the stage. The Days Musk interacted with SEIBT, his posts, on average, met 2.6 times as many ideas.
“I did not deliberately invade Alon’s algorithm,” Sibs told AP. “Apparently Elon has great effects and they can also help sharing a message with those who usually stick to heritage media, especially in Germany.”
The online effect of Musk has real world political and financial impacts
Alice Weidel, who helps lead the option to the Germany (AFD) party, saw her daily audience growing from 230,000 to 2.2 million, Musk interacted with her positions on X. Musk, after hosting a livestream with a video on X, Vice President JD Vance broke the protocol and met in Munich. The party’s party, which is fighting a lawsuit to block the German government’s decision to nominate it as a extremist group, secured its best electoral performance.
Musk has also used X to advocate the leader of Italy’s Hard-Right League Party, Matteo Salvini. Musk interacted with Salvini’s account, the average view was four times more than normal. Now serving as a vice premiere, Salvini has urged her government to move forward with controversial contracts for Starlink and pushed behind European efforts to regulate the material on X.
And Musk has a friend in Brussels: a 25-year-old social media affected by Fidius Panayyotau-Syprus. Before winning a stunning seat in the European Parliament last year, Cyprret spent weeks on a discovery to embrace Elon Musk. In January 2023, his wish came true. His hug went viral. Since assuming office, Panayoto has praised X on the floor of the European Parliament, pushed back against the rules affecting the forum, and credited the musk to awaken his call to set 80% of the European Union bureaucrats on fire.
Kasturi, of course, was happy. “Vote for Fedius,” he wrote on X. “He is smart, super high energy and really cares about you!”
Support has been viewed 11.5 million times.
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Casler reported from Washington
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Erica Kinetz and Aaron Caslers, Associated Press
