Elon Musk Is Posting a Lot About Russia. That’s Got Experts Worried.

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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On the social-media platform X, owner Elon Musk has been making posts that some people see as pro-Russia, accusing him of being an apologist for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Musk has called these accusations "absurd.” WSJ columnist Tim Higgins tells host Alex Ossola why his comments are raising questions about how X will be used in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, February 22nd. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.0	Coming up on today's show, have you noticed that sometimes the top result for your Google search isn't always reliable?
0:46.0	We'll hear from W.S.J. Personal Tech columnist Nicole Nguyen about what's going on and how you can avoid misleading clickbait.
0:53.8	And then, on X, owner Elon Musk has been making posts that some see as pro-Russia,
0:59.4	accusations that he calls absurd.
1:01.8	We'll find out why that's raising concerns about Musk's
1:04.6	companies and the social media platform's role in the upcoming US presidential
1:08.6	election from W.S. J. columnist Tim Higgins. But first, these days, when you're searching for something on Google, sometimes the first
1:21.5	result isn't your best bet. Those links can be full of wrong
1:25.2	information, or worse, lead you right into a scam.
1:29.0	W.S.J. Personal tech columnist Nicole Newin joins us now with more on what to look out for while you're searching.
1:35.0	Nicole, lately on Google, I've gotten some results that have steered me in the wrong direction.
1:40.0	What is going on here?
1:41.0	Yeah, you're not alone.
1:42.8	Google search results have been a little squirly lately
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