Elon Musk sells user data.
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The Parnas PerspectiveOct 26, 2026
Sources show that X, under Elon Musk's ownership, sold user data: a 2024 Intercept report, based on FOIA emails, documented sales of real-time data to Dataminr for law-enforcement monitoring, and a 2024 policy change allowed licensing of user data to third parties.
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… It'll allow you to check your voter registration, find your local polling place, show you your ballot ahead of time so you can educate yourself before you even get into the voting booth, and then it'll text you when it's time to vote. It's powered by Next Gen America, and it's truly amazing because it's not selling your data like Elon Musk does. It's not trying to acquire your information for nefarious reasons. That's not it, and I've used this, which is why I'm trying to tell you about it. It helps you literally just go and make your voice heard. …
The Parnas Perspective · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Intercept, citing FOIA-obtained emails, reported that X under Musk continued selling user data to Dataminr, a firm that supplies government surveillance alerts.[2][3]
Supports. Fortune reported that X's 2024 privacy policy update allowed user data to be licensed to third parties for AI training, extending beyond Musk's own Grok.[4]
Supports. CBC reported on 2026-10-26 that Musk's X was already using user data for its own AI and will let third parties use it from Nov. 15.[5]
Context. Musk's 2023 comments referred to Twitter 'selling our data to others' as a problem, implying data sales were already a known practice.[6]
Context. Snopes rated true that VoteSafe.org, funded by Musk's America PAC, may collect and share users' personal information, though this concerns a separate site rather than Musk's own sale of data.[1]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Elon Musk's VoteSafe.org shares users' personal information. Here's how we knowsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Elon Musk, X Fought Surveillance While Profiting Off ... - The Intercepttheintercept.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3X 'Selling Real-Time Data' For Law-Enforcement Purposessilicon.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Twitter/X can now sell your data to train AI | Fortunefortune.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5X is the latest social media site letting 3rd parties use your data to ...cbc.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over Twitter databbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
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