Doom scrolling: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Have you been feeling a bit more right wing recently?
If you're an avid user of X then it appears Elon Musk is trying to make that the case.
For the first time, a Sky News investigation has uncovered how the social media platform's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content.
Niall is joined by Sky News data and forensics journalists Tom Cheshire and Kaitlin Tosh.
Producer: Tom Gillespie
Editor: Mike Bovill
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up, Elon Musk says his social media platform, X, is the home of free speech on the internet. |
| 0:06.5 | Sky News Research says something very different. |
| 0:11.3 | Uber drivers, have you seen your pay go down while your fees to Uber go up? |
| 0:15.8 | All because of an algorithm that reduces your take-home pay, making you work more for less. |
| 0:21.1 | We believe Uber's dynamic pay and upfront pricing is unfair. |
| 0:25.2 | That's why Worker Info Exchange has launched the Dynamic Pay Claim, to seek compensation for drivers who have lost income. |
| 0:32.4 | If you've driven for Uber at any time since 2020, it's time to stand together. |
| 0:40.5 | Find out more at dynamic pay.org. |
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| 1:06.1 | Capital at risk. |
| 1:07.3 | Issa and SIP rules apply. |
| 1:08.9 | Other charges may apply. |
| 1:11.6 | Thank you. risk. Issa and SIP rules apply. Other charges may apply. If anyone ever tells you Elon Musk has no involvement in British politics, well, you might just want to remind them of this. |
| 1:26.6 | Whether you choose violence or not, a violence is coming to you, you might just want to remind them of this. Whether you choose violence or not, a violence is coming to you. |
| 1:30.3 | You either fight back or you die. |
| 1:33.3 | That's the billionaire boss of SpaceX and Tesla beaming in live |
| 1:37.3 | to the right-wing Unite the Kingdom March, |
| 1:40.3 | organised by one Tommy Robinson back in September. |
| 1:43.3 | And that level of involvement in British politics would be noteworthy enough in itself, |
| 1:48.4 | backed as it is, by all Musk's money and influence. |
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