Musk PAC Investigated For Shady Data Collection

CNBC reports:

A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated by the Michigan secretary of state’s office amid efforts to collect voter data. The committee has been acquiring detailed voter information from those living in Michigan and other battleground states after people submit their personal data through a section on the PAC’s website that says “register to vote.”

After clicking on the “register to vote” tab on America PAC’s website, users in states like Michigan can submit a ZIP code, address and phone number. People with a Michigan address are brought to a page that says “thank you” and asks users to “complete the form below” to help wrap up the voter registration process. As of Sunday afternoon, though, there was no other form to complete below the words “thank you.”

Read the full article. As previously reported, when people in non-battleground states visit the PAC’s site, they are directed to local voter registration pages. Others, like those in Michigan, are prompted to submit their information so that Musk’s PAC can target them on Trump’s behalf. This appears to be illegal. The PAC is flooding news sites with ads in order to drive traffic to their site.

NEW: The pro-Trump PAC backed by billionaire Elon Musk is under investigation by the office of Michigan’s secretary of state. @JocelynBenson‘s office is looking at whether the PAC has broken any state laws with their data collection efforts. https://t.co/6JmnYLRmgJ

— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) August 4, 2024