Americans trust Elon Musk’s X as little as US government

Sep 23

Karah Rucker Reporter

By Karah Rucker (Reporter), Alex Delia (Producer), Emma Stoltzfus (Video Editor)

In a recent digital privacy survey, Elon Musk’s platform X, formerly known as Twitter, ranked last among major tech companies in terms of public trust. The data revealed that only 28% of Americans said they trust X — a figure equal to the percentage of respondents who trust the U.S. government.

Other tech giants, such as Amazon and Google, fared much better in the survey. Seventy percent of respondents expressed trust in Amazon, while 65% indicated they trust Google.

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TikTok, another platform facing scrutiny over data security and potential ties to China, scored just above X, with 29% of respondents saying they trusted the app.

The low trust in X follows a series of controversies since Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the platform. His restructuring of content moderation policies, mass layoffs in the trust and safety departments, and his own often provocative posts have drawn widespread criticism.

As public trust in X continues to decline, questions remain about how these controversies will impact the platform’s future.

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ELON MUSK’S ‘X’ IS THE LEAST TRUSTED BIG TECH COMPANY… AND NEW DATA SHOWS AMERICANS LACK OF TRUST IN THE PLATFORM IS ON PAR WITH THAT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

IN A DIGITAL PRIVACY SURVEY, THE PLATFORM FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER, CAME IN LAST AMONG BIG TECH COMPANIES WHEN IT COMES TO TRUST. ONLY 28 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAID THEY TRUST ‘X’, THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS THOSE WHO TRUST THE U-S GOVERNMENT.

COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON AND GOOGLE RANKED MUCH HIGHER, WITH 70 PERCENT AND 65 PERCENT SAYING THEY TRUST THEM. TIKTOK, HOWEVER, WAS ALSO LOW ON THE LIST, WITH ONLY 29 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SAYING THEY TRUSTED THE APP, AMID CONCERNS OVER DATA SHARING WITH CHINA.

X’S LOW TRUST RATING FOLLOWS A SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES AFTER MUSK’S 44 BILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE OF THE PLATFORM. HIS OVERHAUL OF CONTENT MODERATION, MASS LAYOFFS IN THE TRUST AND SAFETY TEAMS, AND HIS OWN PROVOCATIVE POSTS HAVE DRAWN WIDESPREAD CRITICISM.

WITH TRUST IN X PLUMMETING, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THESE CONTROVERSIES WILL IMPACT THE PLATFORM’S FUTURE.

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