As voters head to the polls for the US presidential election, Tesla CEO and owner of X (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk faces a trial for fraud in his million-dollar-a-day giveaway campaign . Musk, a public supporter of Republican candidate Donald Trump, pitched the giveaway to voters who signed a petition endorsing the Constitution, with the promise of daily cash prizes. However, Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty filed a class action lawsuit in Austin, Texas, alleging that the campaign was misleading.

McAferty’s complaint claims that Musk’s organization, America PAC, falsely assured participants that winners would be selected at random, even though it claims the results were predetermined. The lawsuit argues that the campaign served to increase traffic to Musk’s social media platform, X, and collect personal information, including names, addresses and phone numbers, for potential profit through sale of data.

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McAferty’s lawsuit follows a recent ruling by a Philadelphia judge who rejected a request to end Musk’s giveaway. The request was made by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who called the campaign an “illegal lottery.” Although the judge’s decision was largely symbolic, as Musk reportedly does not intend to keep the cash prizes going beyond Election Day, it highlighted concerns about the legality and campaign ethics.

The class action lawsuit seeks more than $5 million in damages on behalf of all signatories who claim they were misled by the promotion. Musk, a Texas resident, has not publicly responded to the lawsuit, as reported by Reuters.

Google faces criticism from Musk over search results

In another controversy, Musk raised concerns about Google’s search functionality, suggesting it could favor Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. that of musk post on pointed out that searching “where can I vote for Harris” on Google returned poll information, perhaps because Harris is also the name of a county in Texas. Conversely, a search for “where to vote for Trump” would have led to results mentioning Harris.

Google responded to Musk’s request, explaining that its “where to vote” panel can trigger county-related search results, as shown by names like “Harris” or “Vance,” which match county names. The company clarified that it was working on a fix and that only a small fraction of users were searching for polling locations this way.

The incident sparked ongoing debates over perceived search engine bias, an issue Trump has previously criticized, saying Google’s search results were tilted in favor of the Democratic candidate.