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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Michael Goodier, Carmen Aguilar García, Aisha Down and Ben Quinn

Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Elon Musk, wearing a black SpaceX hoodie, claps while standing in a crowd at a wrestling event
Elon Musk posted 303 times about race and immigration in the period leading up to SpaceX’s listing on the Nasdaq on 12 June. Photograph: Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos/Getty Images

Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he did about SpaceX, which he also owns, in the run-up to the aerospace and AI company’s initial public offering.

A Guardian analysis of Musk’s posts, replies and reposts between 31 May and 12 June has shown the extent to which the social media activity of the world’s richest person, who lives primarily in the US, has focused on UK politics.

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