Tech billionaire Elon Musk faced accusations of censorship Friday from fellow conservatives after several prominent right-wing accounts who had criticized Musk’s views on immigration said that they subsequently lost access to premium features on Musk’s social media app,

Several conservative accounts on X are accusing Musk of removing their checkmarks on the platform after they spoke out against the H-1B program.

We may be seeing some of the first major fissures forming in the Trump-Musk dalliance. Over the holiday week, Elon Musk entered into a heated online debate with notable Trump figure and culture warrior Laura Loomer over the president-elect's immigration policy,

The conflict centers on Musk and Ramaswamy’s recent praise for foreign tech workers, beginning soon after Indian immigrant Sriram Krishnan joined the team of Trump’s AI and crypto czar David Sacks. It’s pitted Trump’s tech mogul donor class against his older network of far-right influencers like activist and Trump companion Laura Loomer while escalating into racist rhetoric against Indian Americans in particular.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas, a carve-out for high-skilled workers who some in the MAGA world say are taking American jobs.

A public feud among Donald Trump's supporters highlights internal divisions over immigration and tech industry policies, pitting hardliners against wealthy tech advocates like Elon Musk advocating for more skilled workers.

Elon Musk rejected the idea that foreign-born tech workers in the U.S. are displacing qualified American workers, pointing out that Silicon Valley has long faced a shortage of skilled engineering talent.