Elon Musk is using his social media platform to promote misinformation about the presidential candidates in the lead up to the November election, amplifying false claims Wednesday about a Trump rally bomb threat and immigrants eating pets in Ohio.

Billionaire Elon Musk has endorsed Republican former President Donald Trump in the race for the White House, but employees at his collection of companies are largely donating to Trump's Democratic rival Kamala Harris.

The latest example is a preliminary injunction, issued Monday by a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, that effectively endorses a reactionary campaign led by Elon Musk to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board,