Scholz condemns Musk's support for far-right AfD

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German government officials previously accused Musk of election interference as his endorsement comes weeks ahead of the country's general elections in February.

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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.

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