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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk’s Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Do Not Show He ‘Rejected Epstein’s Invitation To His Island’

2026-02-02 Do emails exchanged between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein and made public in January 2026 show that Musk rejected Epstein's invitation to his private island? No, that's not true: Emails show Musk and Epstein planned holiday visits at the Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT An Authentic Trump Post On Truth Social Telling Tesla Board To Approve Musk’s New Compensation ‘ASAP…FFS’

2025-06-24 Did President Donald Trump post the board of Tesla should approve a new compensation package for Elon Musk, "ASAP" and to get him "P-A-I-D"? No, that's not true: A viral image that showed such a post was fake. The Truth Social post was no Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Warren Buffett DID NOT Acquire Elon Musk’s Tesla for $1 Trillion in Cash — April Fools Article

2025-04-02 Did investor Warren Buffett pay $1 trillion in cash to acquire Elon Musk's Tesla Motors company? No, that's not true: The story originated as an April Fools joke and went viral online. No actual news websites reported on any such investme Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HUD Headquarters TV Monitors DID Show Trump Licking Elon Musk’s Feet In AI Video

2025-02-24 Did TV monitors inside the HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) headquarters show a loop of an AI-generated video of President Trump licking the feet of Elon Musk for several minutes on February 24, 2025? Yes, that's true: HU Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Elon Musk’s Grandfather Joshua Haldeman At Technocracy Office

2025-01-29 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk’s Name IS Listed On Patents Along With Other Inventors

2025-01-28 Does Elon Musk not "do" patents as claimed in a Facebook post by NeuroVigil chairman and CEO Philip Low? No, that's not true in at least several documented cases: a search of the U.S. patent office website showed 14 patent documents with Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk’s Mother Did NOT Say ‘The Poor Should Have Kids So My Son’s Factories Have Workers’ In December 2024

2024-12-20 Did social media posts accurately cite the words of Elon Musk's mother, Maye, on having children? No, that's not true: The viral quote was a review a critic made of Maye Musk's remarks about having children, not a direct quote. Maye Musk Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk’s Starlink Did NOT Play Role In Counting Votes In 2024 Election

2024-11-12 Did Elon Musk's satellite-based high-speed internet system Starlink play any role in counting or uploading votes in the U.S. election that could have allowed for potential vote manipulation or cheating? No, that's not true: Election secur Go to site post…»

Logically→ Elon Musk’s video promoting ‘Quantum AI’ investment platform is a deepfake

2024-01-12 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…»

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

2023-05-04 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…»

Logically→ A report by USA Today claims that Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants have killed over 3,000 monkeys.

2022-12-15 USA Today did not report that Neuralink's implants killed nearly 3,000 monkeys. The viral screenshot shared online has been fabricated. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Tweet About ‘Elon Musk’s Suicide’ On December 2, 2022

2022-12-14 Did Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, tweet about "Elon Musk's suicide" in response to the Twitter CEO releasing corporate discussions, now known as "The Twitter Files," about Tw Go to site post…»

Logically→ An outgoing employee suspended Elon Musk’s Twitter account after job cuts at the company.

2022-11-09 Elon Musk's Twitter account has not been suspended and remains active. The account that has been suspended belonged to a Musk impersonator. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Independent Did NOT Publish Article Purporting Elon Musk’s Father Covered Up Cat Abuse Claims

2022-11-08 Did The Independent, an online British daily newspaper, publish an article by reporter Graeme Massie with the headline, "Elon Musk's father paid college $125,000 to ignore animal abuse claims"? No, that's not true: The Independent never p Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Suspend Elon Musk’s Account

2022-10-26 Did Twitter suspend the account belonging to Elon Musk, the billionaire who launched a buyout bid for the social media giant? No, that's not true: The account that Twitter suspended uses a deceptive spelling of Musk's name. Twitter did no Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk DID Tweet ‘I Agree With The Teachings Of Jesus’

2026-02-18 Does a legitimate screenshot show that Elon Musk in February of 2026 wrote "I agree with the teachings of Jesus," in an X post? Yes, that's true: The X owner did post that message on his verified account. The screenshot does not alter his Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check:There Is NO Evidence Elon Musk Bought Facebook In An ‘Operation Clean Slate’ — Fake News Site Manufactures Rumors To Build Traffic

2025-12-09 Is "Tech world on fire" over news that Elon Musk bought Facebook in order to "delete it"? No, that's not true: Meta (which owns Facebook) had not, as of this writing, announced or documented a sale, as is required of publicly traded compa Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce He Was Terminating LGBTQ+ Brand Partnerships After Charlie Kirk Was Killed

2025-09-26 After Charlie Kirk was killed, Did Elon Musk announce that he would be ending every partnership tied to LGBTQ+ brands? No, that's not true: This made-up story used names and themes trending in September 2025 to drive clicks to a website. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Story About Elon Musk Pledging To Pay Expenses Of Charlie Kirk’s Children Originated On Vietnamese Clickbait Farm

2025-09-12 Did Elon Musk step in and pledge to pay all living and educational expenses for the children of Charlie Kirk? No, that's not true: That story originated on a website and Facebook page run by someone in Vietnam and it contained several hal Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Article Describes Elon Musk Building Hope Haven, A Sanctuary For Homeless Families — Details of this Clickbait Story Are False

2025-09-04 Did Elon Musk buy a crumbling shelter in Los Angeles where he had volunteered as a teenager in order to rebuild it as Hope Haven, a sanctuary for homeless families? No, that's not true: Elon Musk never volunteered at a shelter in Californ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Elon Musk Signed $13.5 Million Deal With Netflix For TV Series As Of September 3, 2025 — It’s AI Slop

2025-09-03 Did Elon Musk sign a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series about his "turbulent journey" as of September 3, 2025? No, that's not true: There is no evidence Musk signed a Netflix deal. The only source making the claim is a Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Strait Did NOT ‘Drop Bombshell’ Rejecting A $500 Million Tesla Endorsement Deal From Elon Musk — Yet Another Celebrity Name Plugged Into A Fake Story

2025-08-25 Did country music legend George Strait reject a $500 million deal from Elon Musk to endorse Tesla? No, that's not true: This is a fake story designed to get people to click on a link to a website. This identical fake story, with the same Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Baltimore Ravens Did NOT Reject A $500 Million Tesla Sponsorship Offer From Elon Musk

2025-08-13 Did the Baltimore Ravens reject a $500 million sponsorship deal offered by Tesla or Elon Musk? No, that's not true: This is one of a series of clickbait fake news items falsely declaring Musk and/or Tesla is sinking millions into NFL team Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot About Musk Being In Critical Condition Did NOT Show Authentic CNN Report

2025-08-05 Did a viral image show a real CNN report about tech billionaire Elon Musk being hospitalized on August 4, 2025? No, that's not true: Searches across Google and CNN produced zero confirmation that the network ever published such an article Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk DID Post On X That Steve Bannon ‘Is In The Epstein Files’

2025-07-08 Did Elon Musk post on X that Steve Bannon is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files? Yes, that's true: Musk posted the claim as a comment when he reposted an X post by Roger Stone, which also included a 2024 article about Bannon's relationshi Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Economic Times Article Declaring ‘Kamala Harris Won’ Only Cites Sources That Ask Questions About 2024 Election — None Declared She Won

2025-06-11 Did The Economic Times article that declared Kamala Harris won the 2024 election cite reports that concluded voting systems were rigged for Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The reports referred to by The Economic Times all stop short of Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Respond ‘Just like I took your wife’ to Stephen Miller’s ‘We will take back America’ Post On X — Musk Denies

2025-06-09 Did Elon Musk reply to Stephen Miller's "We will take back America" post on X with "Just like I took your wife"? No, that's not true: Musk addressed the claim, saying he never posted that comment and there's no record of it on Musk's acco Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Post ‘Pigfoot’ Message On X — Fake Screenshot

2025-06-06 Did Elon Musk send a cryptic tweet with the hashtag "#PIGFOOT" on June 6, 2025 following his public falling-out with President Trump? No, that's not true: A screenshot of such a tweet, including the message "Tomorrow 3PM PST #PIGFOOT", ap Go to site post…»

Internet Archive→ President Trump & Elon Musk Speak to Reporters : CSPAN : May 30, 2025 1:56pm-2:51pm EDT

2025-05-30 [LIVE] President Trump and Elon Musk speak to reporters from the Oval Office on Mr. Musk's last day atop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following typ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fictional Story About Jamal Roberts Turning Down Tesla Ad Cites No Sources — NO Actual ‘Media Frenzy’ Happened

2025-05-28 Did American Idol winner Jamal Roberts turn down a Tesla ad from Elon Musk in an upcoming music video? No, that's not true: A viral article about such a rejection did not name any verifiable sources or offer any quotes to back that up. It Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Caitlin Clark Did NOT Refuse to Promote Tesla, Threaten to Unveil Dark Secrets About Elon Musk

2025-05-27 Did basketball star Caitlin Clark publicly refuse to advertise Tesla on her Indiana Fever jersey in May 2025? No, that's not true: A post promoting that rumor contained several fabricated quotes attributed to both Clark and Tesla owner El Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Elon Musk Decided To Gift Alysa Liu Tesla

2025-05-09 Do viral posts prove that the tech billionaire decided to celebrate American ice skater Alysa Liu's gold medal at the 2025 women's championship by giving her a Tesla? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no credible reports confirming Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Space Force, SpaceX Did NOT Release Statement That Will ‘Change Your Entire Life’

2025-04-24 Did the United States Space Force and Elon Musk's SpaceX release a joint statement in April 2025, warning that an imminent revelation would "change your entire life"? No, that's not true: Contrary to social media posts, which also referre Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Save ‘Tristan Killip’ With Neuralink — Story is Fantasy Fiction

2025-04-15 Did Elon Musk use a Neuralink implant to save the life of a boy named "Tristan Killip", who had been comatose for a year after a drowning accident? No, that's not true: The story, shared widely in April 2025, was no more than fantasy fict Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say DOGE Had Found ‘Millions Spent on Golf by One Official’ — Post is Fake

2025-04-03 Did Elon Musk say in a post on X that DOGE had uncovered "tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official"? No, that's not true: What appeared to be screenshots of a March 16, 2025, post by Musk to that effect we Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Dwayne ‘The Rock Johnson’ Promised On Social Media To ‘Punch’ Elon Musk If He ‘Doesn’t Leave America Alone’

2025-03-31 Did wrestler Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, threaten to "punch" Elon Musk on X in March 2025, if the tech billionaire "doesn't leave America alone"? No, that's not true: A review of Johnson's posts doesn't confirm he ever publish Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Caitlin Clark Did NOT Reject Fictional $15 Million Offer From Elon Musk — Copy Paste Story

2025-03-31 Did basketball star Caitlin Clark reject a "$15 Million Offer" from Elon Musk? No, that's not true: Musk did not make the public statement the story said he did. It also contained several phrases from almost identical false stories about Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patrick Mahomes Did NOT Reject Fictional ‘$10 Million Offer’ From Elon Musk Either — Fake Story

2025-03-27 Did football player Patrick Mahomes reject a "$10 Million Offer" from Elon Musk? No, that's not true: Musk did not make the public statement the story said he did. An AI detector concluded that the text of the story, including bogus quote Go to site post…»

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