The Great Sysop: Elon Musk, X, and the emergence of platform illiberalism
Published online on March 15, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This article discusses Twitter’s mutation into X under Elon Musk, analyzing its shift from a mainstream platform to a far-right-aligned space. Through a novel conceptualization of institutional change in Trust and Safety, and an analysis of a dataset of ...
This article discusses Twitter’s mutation into X under Elon Musk, analyzing its shift from a mainstream platform to a far-right-aligned space. Through a novel conceptualization of institutional change in Trust and Safety, and an analysis of a dataset of ...