Axios

Now is the time to evaluate and get serious about your digital security practices, experts say. President-elect Trump made several promises on the campaign trail to target people in marginalized communities, undermine the press, and seek retribution against his enemies. His administration could use several government surveillance and law enforcement tools to carry out those promises, including subpoenaing user data from major technology companies, purchasing data from third-party brokers, and tapping the intelligence community's own internal programs.

Elon Musk—the most influential backer of President-elect Trump, thanks to his money, time and X factor—now sits at the pinnacle of power in business, government influence and global information (and misinformation) flow. As this election showed, politics and influence flow downstream from information control. Musk, once seen by many as a fool for buying Twitter, now controls the most powerful information platform for America's ruling party. X makes Fox News seem like a quaint little pamphlet in size, scope and right-wing tilt. Imagine you wanted to help mold America.

Some Silicon Valley leaders and investors who have long itched to apply their startup toolkit to government see a big opening in the Republican victory, with Elon Musk taking charge of a