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Elon Musk and the Oligarchs of the ā€˜Second Gilded Ageā€™ Can Sway the Public And Exploit Their Data

Grimes and Elon Musk dressed all in white at the Met

“I suspect Elon Muskā€™s desire in buying Twitter goes beyond a desire to control and shape public discourse, ” Media scholar Nolan Higdon writes. “Todayā€™s equivalent of the Gilded Age oligarchsā€”the handful of super-rich Americans gobbling up increasing chunks of the media landscapeā€”will have that, but they will also have access to a trove of personal data of users and news consumers.”