Elon Musk's X adds pro-Trump icons for Trump hashtags
Elon Musk's platform X introduces custom icons for pro-Trump hashtags after Musk's endorsement of Donald Trump. Icons are part of a paid promotion strategy, a first for X, supporting Trump's nomination. No icons for Biden hashtags.
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Elon Musk's social media platform X has introduced custom icons for pro-Trump hashtags, following Musk's public endorsement of Donald Trump. Users posting hashtags like #MAGA and #Trump2024 now see corresponding icons next to the hashtags, such as an image of Trump raising his fist or an American flag. X clarified that these custom icons are part of a paid promotion strategy. This move marks the first time X has displayed custom icons in a partisan manner supporting a specific candidate. Notably, these icons appeared on the day Trump was set to formally accept his nomination as the official Republican nominee for president. Mashable reached out to X for further details on this promotion. The platform has previously used custom icons for events like Apple's #AppleEvent but had not engaged in partisan promotion before. As of now, pro-Trump hashtags are the only ones with custom icons on X, while hashtags related to President Joe Biden do not have any special icons.
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