Musk announced he will soon modify the X algorithm to prioritize content that is considered informative or educational, which has been widely opposed. Musk stated that the planned modification is to address “too much negative news” on X. In his social media post on January 3, he wrote, “Our goal is to maximize user time well spent. Too much negativity is being pushed, which technically increases user time spent, but not the time well spent.” X users have described the algorithm change as a form of censorship and questioned Musk’s authority to decide what constitutes “negative content” on the platform.