WASHINGTON — False or misleading claims by billionaire Elon Musk about the US election have amassed two billion views on social media platform X in 2024, according to a report by non-profit group Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

Government officials and voting rights advocates in the US have warned about election-related misinformation while urging social media platforms, including X, to take steps to remove any false information about the vote.

Musk, who owns X, is a supporter for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who faces Democrat Vice-President Kamala Harris in what polls show to be a tight race for the White House. Musk endorsed Trump in July.

At least 87 of Musk's posts in 2024 have promoted claims about the US election that fact-checkers have rated as false or misleading, amassing 2 billion views, according to the Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

Musk's political posts have amassed 17.1 billion views since he endorsed Donald Trump in July — over twice as many views as all the US political campaigning ads that X has recorded in its political ads disclosure dataset in the same period, the non-profit group added.

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