Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk, which reportedly exposes the tech billionaire, has drawn support after social media sites refused to advertise it.The film is scheduled for a theatrical release on October 9, 2026, and is distributed by Bleecker Street. It focuses on the billionaire entrepreneur's career, businesses, personal life and political influence. Gibney is known for creating investigative documentaries like Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.According to an exclusive report in The Hollywood Reporter, the social media platforms, including YouTube, TikTok and Meta, have refused to run paid promotional ads for the Musk film, citing rules against “political content.”Though Bleecker Street appealed the rejections, Meta denied the appeal immediately. X has refused to engage with Bleecker Street on the film and would not accept ads for other titles on the distributor’s slate.Continue to read for more details.Everything you need to know amidst the release of “Musk”The trailer for Musk, which dropped recently, reflects upon his public controversies, political manoeuvres, and personal behaviour following its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.The Musk documentary has drawn polarized reactions online, with some in support and others in opposition. People took to X and Threads to weigh in on the situation. Here is what they said:A user wrote:“I saw it at TIFF recently. Four hours is a bear but the showing I was at had an intermission. Worth seeing, imo.”Another user added:“He didn't say it's untrue, just that it's boring. Secretly, his narcissistic brain is chuffed that someone would make a film like this about him.”A third commented:“This movie is gonna be big!!!”A fourth user showed their gratitude to Alex Gibney on X and said:“For years I’ve been endlessly scrolling every streaming app in existence, waiting on someone to make this movie. Thank you.”Someone else added:“I’m sure it takes a creative genius to go interview someone’s exes and put it all on a film without as much as a shadow of corroboration, and in one case, while completely ignoring the moral character of the source. Is it going to be the case with your everyday journalism too, or are you already running your pieces without any corroboration if it suits you?”President Trump Hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping For A State Visit - Source: GettyMajor tech platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook have refused to run the documentary. Meta and TikTok have long-standing policies that restrict or ban campaign and other political advertising. The trailer includes a shot from a 2024 political rally and a reference to that year’s election.The aforementioned social media platforms treated those elements as triggering political-ad restrictions, even though the distributor argued that the material is standard documentary footage. YouTube does allow political and election ads in most regions given that the advertisers follow strict rules and verification processes. The platform later described the block as a temporary system restriction.Meta told The Hollywood Reporter that a decision to reject an ad “was an error and we’re restoring the ads.” YouTube released a statement on September 26, 2026, stating:“The trailer has always been available on YouTube. When submitted as an ad, it was temporarily restricted by our system. Following review the ad has been cleared to run.”TikTok and X have remained quiet and continued not to run the ad. The Musk documentary film has drawn flak for its content from the Tesla CEO himself. Through a series of posts on X, he called the film a “hit piece that misses,” and said it “makes the fatal sin of being boring for 4 hours.”According to a report in The Guardian, Musk described Gibney as having “zero integrity,” and “a horrible human." The tech billionaire also made personal remarks about Gibney's age and character, saying that he is “a bitter old man who lost the plot long ago.”He further claimed that Gibney assembled “a hit list of people who either have an axe to grind or don’t even know me.” In another context, he referred to it as a “psy op” which means a psychological operation. It is a planned action or campaign that uses non-violent communication to influence people's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.