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PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk

2023-05-25 Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign with a live discussion on Twitter, promising to fight “woke ideology.” We fact-checked his claims about open borders, classroom lessons, and whether “the whole book ban thing is a hoax.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet That ‘The World Is Flat’ in 2022

2023-05-23 Did Elon Musk write that "the world is flat" on Twitter in April 2022? No, that's not true: The viral image of the supposed entry appears to have been digitally altered. Archived versions of Musk's account do not contain such a tweet. The Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Pictures of Elon Musk’s ‘robot wives’ are AI-generated

2023-05-23 There is no evidence for claims that the billionaire plans to release “robot wives” for sale in September. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anheuser-Busch Did NOT Blame Elon Musk For ‘Declining Sales’ — It’s Satire

2023-05-16 Did Anheuser-Busch blame Elon Musk for a decline in sales in April and May 2023? No, that's not true: The article attached to this post was originally published on a website that says its satirical articles are "not meant to be taken seri Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Decline $120 Million Bud Light Twitter Marketing Campaign

2023-05-11 Did Twitter CEO Elon Musk decline a $120 million Bud Light Twitter marketing campaign, saying "my principles come first"? No, that's not true: This story originated from a self-described satirical website aimed at trolling conservatives. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Brag About Firing ‘Crybaby Liberals’ — It’s AI Video

2023-05-11 Did Elon Musk brag about firing "crybaby liberals"? No, that's not true: This video was made using AI, or artificial intelligence. The Instagram post where this claim originated seems to be an ad for an app that uses AI to make public fig Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Elon Musk taunting ‘crybaby liberals’

2023-05-11 Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ Elon Musk’s 2016 statement on Tesla autopilot safety is not a deepfake

2023-05-04 Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Elon Musk’s CCP Pressure Points

2023-04-17 Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai gigafactory on Jan. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)Chinese government mouthpieces praise his Twitter policies just as he announces new business ventures in Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Don’t be fooled; Elon Musk isn’t linked to this get-rich-quick scheme

2023-04-14 Elon Musk is offering people the opportunity to make $1 million “in 90 days while sleeping in.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of Elon Musk talking about a new way to unlock a Tesla is fake

2023-04-10 Elon Musk said a new Tesla feature can scan testicles and use that information “to biometrically unlock and start the car.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of Elon Musk talking about Andrew Tate is a deepfake

2023-03-22 Video shows Elon Musk saying he bought Twitter and unblocked Andrew Tate’s Twitter account because “we need to escape the suppression from the matrix and expose the global elites.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Elon Musk didn’t tweet this about The Joint Commission

2023-03-20 Elon Musk tweeted he would “buy Joint Commission and let nurses have drinks at their station.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Invent Energy-Saving Device That Will Cut Power Bills By 90%

2023-03-14 Did Elon Musk invent a ground-breaking plug-in device that helps lower electric bills by lowering consumption instantly? No, that's not true: Electrical devices with identical plastic housings have been marketed online for years without m Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Earth is round and Elon Musk didn’t say it was flat

2023-03-13 Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Endorse A Remedy Called Shilajit — Video Altered With Cloned Voice

2023-03-13 Did Elon Musk endorse a remedy called shilajit? No, that's not true: This video clip of Musk speaking at the Ted2022 Conference has been dubbed with a sound-alike clone copy of Musk's voice to make it appear he was touting shilajit, when Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet Bill Gates ‘Doesn’t Know How To Code’

2023-03-10 Did tech entrepreneur Elon Musk "expose" the professional incompetency of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a series of tweets on March 2, 2023? No, that's not true: An archived version of Musk's Twitter account does not contain any entr Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, Elon Musk isn’t poised to buy Facebook

2023-03-09 “Elon Musk to acquire Facebook soon.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – That video is altered; Elon Musk isn’t endorsing an anti-aging remedy

2023-03-09 Video shows Elon Musk endorsing “an anti-aging remedy.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still tweeting, despite baseless claims that Elon Musk banned her

2023-03-09 Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Greta Thunberg From Twitter — It’s Satirical Story

2023-03-09 Did Elon Musk ban activist Greta Thunberg from Twitter? No, that's not true: Thunberg's Twitter account is still active. The claim appears in a publication with a disclaimer that its satirical articles are "not meant to be taken seriously Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Elon Musk Apologizes After Mocking Disabled Twitter Worker

2023-03-08 Twitter owner Elon Musk backtracked on March 7 2023 after engaging in public mockery of one of the platform’s employees trying to find out whether he still had a job. Musk had claimed that Haraldur “Halli” Thorleiffson was not doing a Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Offering To Pay Homeowners To Install Solar Panels — Site Harvesting Personal Info

2023-03-03 Did Elon Musk offer to pay 100 homeowners to test the "newest technology of solar panels"? No, that's not true: This offer that's too good to be true is a ruse to collect personal information and is not associated with Musk or Tesla in an Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Misinformation ‘superspreader’ engagement increased 44% on Twitter since Musk purchase, study says

2023-03-02 Since his acquisition of Twitter, tech mogul Elon Musk has received pushback on numerous occasions for promoting false information and conspiracy theories (some of which he has since walked back). […] The post Misinformation ‘superspreader’ e Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Is NOT Buying Facebook

2023-03-01 Is Elon Musk buying Facebook? No, that's not true: The article saying so has a clear disclaimer at the end that reads, "Recall that this is satire and not actual news." The claim originated in an article (archived here) published by Topad Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Audio Sounding Like Biden Advising ‘Own A Musket For Home Defense’ Is NOT Real

2023-02-15 Is a recording sounding like President Joe Biden telling people to "own a musket for home defense" real? No, that's not true: Although the voice sounds like Biden, video clearly shows he's speaking different words than those heard in the Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Elon Musk Talking About Andrew Tate — It’s A Deepfake

2023-02-10 Does a social media video show entrepreneur Elon Musk discussing imprisoned internet influencer Andrew Tate? No, that's not true: This appears to be a "deepfake" video of Musk, now the CEO of Twitter. The video uses publicly available foo Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Threaten To Block DirecTV’s Satellites — It’s Satire

2023-02-06 Did Elon Musk threaten in a series of tweets to block DirecTV's satellite dishes after the TV provider banned NewsMax from their channel lineup? No, that's not true: The story is labeled satire on the website that published it. SpaceXMani Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk NOT Endorsing Quantum Ai Crypto Platform Despite Falsified CBC Report

2023-02-03 Did business mogul Elon Musk and Canadian celebrities endorse the "new" cryptocurrency platform Quantum Ai, according to a video supposedly from the CBC? No, that's not true: CBC News told Lead Stories that they did not publish the video Go to site post…»

Logically→ Bill Gates disabled the comments feature on his Twitter after Elon Musk ‘exposed’ him in the Twitter Files.

2023-02-03 Bill Gates has not been named in the Twitter Files. Gates's account turned off the comments in July 2020, before the files were released. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video of Elon Musk uses 2017 interview about the future of transportation

2023-01-17 Video shows Elon Musk talking about what “every failed leader” he met had in common. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Buy Google

2023-01-10 Did a YouTube video reveal that Elon Musk bought the search engine giant Google? No, that's not true: The video has a clickbait title, offers no details of a sale and appeared on a YouTube channel that admits its videos are fictional and Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alyssa Milano’s ‘Temper Tantrum’ Over Elon Musk Has NOT Cost Her $13 Million — Story From Satire Website

2023-01-09 Did Alyssa Milano's "temper tantrum" over Elon Musk cost her $13 million? No, that's not true: This satirical article was published by a website connected to the satire network, America's Last Line of Defense, which clearly identifies its Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Buy ABC And Cancel ‘The View’ — Story Originated On A Satire Website

2023-01-05 Did Elon Musk buy the ABC Network and cancel its daytime talk show "The View"? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated story that originated on a satire website run by Christopher Blair, who plainly discloses that "everything on this we Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Elon Musk Say ‘Everyone Knows Trump Won the Election’?

2023-01-03 Elon Musk (Photo by Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP/Getty Images.) A clip of Elon Musk appearing to claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election is circulating on social media. The clip has been digitally altered and no record exists of Musk maki Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Fauci NOT Arrested After Elon Musk Document Dump — It’s From Satire Site

2023-01-01 Did police in Washington, D.C., arrest top virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci after Twitter CEO Elon Musk released information that Fauci lied about COVID-19 research and imposed unnecessary restrictions on Americans? No, that's not true: The c Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT File A Billion Dollars In Lawsuits Against ‘Totally Unprepared’ Kathy Griffin

2022-12-28 Did Elon Musk file a billion dollars in lawsuits against "totally unprepared" Kathy Griffin? No, that's not true: The site that posted the story and a "Fact Check" follow-up is satirical. There are clearly marked disclaimers on the websit Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Viral Claim About Elon Musk

2022-12-28 Elon Musk (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) A digitally altered social media post falsely attributes a quotation from George Orwell’s famous novella Animal Farm to Elon Musk. View this post on Instagram A post Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce He Would Run For President, As Of December 24, 2022

2022-12-28 Did Elon Musk announce, as of December 24, 2022, that he is running for president? No, that's not true: As one of the most-reported-on persons of 2022, any such announcement would have been a top story for dozens of credible professional Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Did NOT Trigger Removal Of 44,000 Child Sexual Exploitation Pages ‘In Just India Alone’

2022-12-23 Did Twitter remove "over 44,000 Twitter pages involved with child sexual exploitation -- in just India alone" since Elon Musk took over the company? No, that's not true: Such large numbers came from global totals, not from India alone. Al Go to site post…»

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