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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Terence Repelente

Musk May Have Collected Intimate Data on Millions of Americans for Possible Political Use, Documentary Claims

Elon Musk speaks at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre in National Harbor, Maryland. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Alex Gibney's new documentary Musk claims Elon Musk's brief role in Washington may have given him access to vast amounts of personal data that could be politically valuable. The film does not present concrete evidence that Musk personally accessed or used such data.

The film, directed by the Oscar-winning documentarian behind Going Clear and Taxi to the Dark Side, argues that Musk's time around the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was not only about slashing the federal government.

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