The rapid spread of false claims about election fraud has experts worried. While not being promoted by politicians or the media, as similar claims were in 2020, the conspiracy theories are still gaining traction.

Election officials in swing states said vote-counting systems are typically on closed networks with no connection to the internet.

The analysis, published by NewsGuard, found that there is “no evidence” to suggest that Starlink was used to influence the election for Trump after misleading claims circulated on social media about voter fraud in last week’s contest. Starlink is an internet provider owned by Musk, who is a top supporter of the president-elect.

After running a campaign built on nothing more than bigotry and empty promises, Donald Trump won the election. As you can imagine, anyone who still has something resembling a moral center has a problem with that,

Elon Musk has reportedly been highly involved in Trump’s cabinet picks and chosen to lead a new advisory group called the “Department of Government Efficiency” along with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

Left-leaning social media users are claiming Elon Musk, the billionaire Telsa and SpaceX CEO turned top Donald Trump surrogate, used his Starlink internet service provider to manipulate the vote count in the 2024 presidential election in the Republican's favor.

Election officials in swing states said vote-counting systems are typically on closed networks with no connection to the internet.