In late October, a lawsuit from Philadelphia’s district attorney accused the billionaire of running an “illegal lottery scheme” by giving swing state voters who signed a Musk PAC’s petition supporting conservative causes the chance to randomly win $1m in a daily prize drawing.

It’s finally election week in America. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, according to a new story from the Verge, took the moment to remind his staff that Google — the world’s largest repository of up-to-date news — needs to be a “trusted source of information.

Musk did not accuse Google outright of bias, but his sharing of the post indicated a concern about potential favouritism in the platform’s search engine results.