Author: Lewis Mitchell, Professor of Data Science; Director, Adelaide Data Science Centre, University of Adelaide

During the recent United States presidential election campaign, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) saw record high usage. The platform – and Musk in particular – played a pivotal role promoting the views of newly elected president Donald Trump. This is something Musk was very proud of. When Trump’s victory became clear, Musk – who has just been confirmed as the head of a new US government agency called the Department of Government Efficiency – was quick to tell his more than 200 million followers on X: You are the media now. But who exactly will…