German government officials previously accused Musk of election interference as his endorsement comes weeks ahead of the country's general elections in February.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk's endorsement of Germany's far-right
00:07AfD party ahead of the country's upcoming elections.
00:10The crucial thing is that Mr. Musk has supported a right-wing extremist party in parts, and
00:18as you can see, not only here in Germany, but also in this direction, and that is something
00:24that we not only do not agree with, but I reject it.
00:29Scholz has largely disregarded personal criticism from Musk.
00:33The chancellor, however, is far more concerned with the U.S. billionaire's attempt at seemingly
00:37trying to get involved in the general election.
00:42Scholz also voiced his concern over the role social media algorithms play in shaping public
00:48opinion.
00:50We are used to the fact that rich media companies are of a different opinion than the Social
00:54Democratic Party.
00:55This is nothing new.
00:56What is certainly new is the fact that algorithms are not sure how the opinion-building that
01:04is organized by the structures of these systems takes place.
01:09Musk repeatedly backed AfD both online as well as in German media.
01:13This previously led to election interference allegations made by government officials.
01:19This previously led to election interference allegations made by government officials.