During the recent United States presidential election campaign, tech billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) saw record high usage.

The Guardian will no longer be posting on X, still popularly referred to as Twitter, as it announced Wednesday morning that owner Elon Musk has turned it into a "toxic media platform" used to "shape political discourse.

Social media companies that once at least tried to promote a healthy information ecosystem have largely given up—and insiders say Musk’s example gave them cover.

After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.

Elon Musk accused Google of interfering in the elections by alleging that their search results displayed polling sites for Kamala Harris, but not for Donald Trump.

Elon Musk's Grok AI expressed excitement over Trump's 2024 victory, contrasting with more cautious approaches by ChatGPT and Google Gemini during the election.

Trump's views on artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, electric vehicles and other issues could reshape the tech industry.