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PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Climate activist Greta Thumberg wasn’t banned from Twitter; just check her feed

2023-03-15 “Elon Musk bans Greta Thunberg 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…»

The Dispatch→ The Sweep: Twitter Bots for Trump

2023-03-07 Former President Donald Trump addresses the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Fake accounts can have real consequences.The post The Sweep: Twitter Bots for Trump appeared firs 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…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘You Must Remove the 🇺🇦 From Your Profile’ Twitter Pop-Up

2023-02-27 On February 25 2023, Twitter user @walter_report shared a screenshot of a Twitter pop-up warning, which purportedly demanded that the account “remove the   [Ukrainian flag emoji]” from their profile: You can’t be serious, @elonmusk? N Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Did NOT Institute Policy Banning Flag Of Ukraine

2023-02-27 Did Twitter make a rule that users may not display the flag of Ukraine on their profile because it is considered a political statement against Russia? No, that's not true: A post from Walter Report contained a fabricated image which appea Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Twitter is removing free API access and no one is excited

2023-02-16 As part of Elon Musk’s latest attempts to turn a de facto online public square into a profitable enterprise (and rid the site of spam), Twitter announced earlier this month […] The post Twitter is removing free API access and no one is excited Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ The Impossible Task of ‘Fixing’ Twitter

2023-02-16 A video explainer from The Dispatch.The post The Impossible Task of ‘Fixing’ Twitter appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Twitter Files’ Hearing Further Exposes How It ‘Bent and Broke’ Rules for the Trump Administration

2023-02-08 A House Oversight Committee ostensibly geared toward showing “suppression” of information regarding the laptop of Hunter Biden — the son of United States President Joe Biden and a frequent target of far-right conspiracist fantasies Go to site post…»

AllSides→ FBI Reimbursed Twitter for Providing User Information

2023-02-07 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/fbi-reimbursed-twitter-for-providing-user-information/ In an email to Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FBI Reimbursed Twitter for Providing User Information

2023-02-06 In an email to a Twitter lawyer in February 2021, an unidentified Twitter employee wrote that the company had received over $3.4 million from the FBI since October 2019 as reimbursement for Twitter’s processing of legal requests for user informa 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…»

Truth or Fiction?→ A&W Root Bear ‘Bear Mascot’ Twitter Joke Ends Up on Fox News

2023-01-27 As a January 2023 debate over M&Ms’ “spokescandies” moved through the news cycle, a tweet about A&W Restaurants purportedly issuing a similar statement was featured on Fox Business: Why are right wingers obsessed with animat Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Twitter Files Explained w/ Kmele Foster

2023-01-25 The Twitter Files exposed what we already knew. The post Twitter Files Explained w/ Kmele Foster appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McCarthy Did NOT Post Twitter Poll Asking If He Should Step Down as ‘head of Congress’

2023-01-10 Did newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweet a poll asking Americans if he should step down as the "head of Congress"? No, that's not true: A review of McCarthy's official Twitter account found no such tweet, and there is no singl Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Was NOT Arrested For Child Porn

2022-12-27 Was former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal arrested for possessing child pornography? No, that's not true: The article is from a satirical website and is completely made up. It was originally published without a satire label but has been update Go to site post…»

AllSides→ How Twitter ‘tattles’ squealed on users for COVID ‘misinformation’

2022-12-26 https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/how-twitter-tattles-squealed-on-users-for-covid-misinformation/ Twitter r 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…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Payments In ‘Twitter Files: Part 7’ Were NOT For Censoring — They Were For Providing Information

2022-12-21 Were the FBI payments to Twitter, documented in what's known as Part 7 of the "Twitter Files", compensation for censoring? No, that's not true: The evidence provided shows the payments were reimbursement for costs associated with the comp Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Elon Musk said he wouldn’t ban the Twitter account tracking his jet. Weeks later, he suspended it

2022-12-19 “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet That Banning Reporters From Twitter Was ‘Innocuous Alternative’ To Murder

2022-12-19 Did Elon Musk tweet, "You know, in some parts of the world, journalists get murdered for crossing the wrong people. Banning the reporters I don't like from my own platform feels like a pretty innocuous alternative to me" on December 16, 2 Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Dear Teacher’ Letter Explaining Christmas Goes Viral on Twitter

2022-12-15 On December 13 2022, a Twitter account going by @JewWhoHasItAll published a satirical “Dear Teacher” letter, describing Christmas and Christian traditions to putative school employees. A Twitter bio for @JewWhoHasItAll provided context suf Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Ex-Twitter CEO Took Millions In Censorship Kickbacks From Democrats

2022-12-13 Did Elon Musk tweet that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey millions of dollars to block or delete the pages of people who posted about Hunter Biden's laptop during the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could fin Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Hunter Biden’s Laptop and ‘Twitter Files’—What We Do Know, What We Don’t

2022-12-13 https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-laptop-twitter-files-1765395 The recent release of a trove of em Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Remembering the Journalists and Elected Dems Who Dismissed the Twitter Shadow-Banning ‘Conspiracy Theory’

2022-12-12 https://www.nationalreview.com/news/remembering-the-journalists-and-elected-dems-who-dismissed-the-twitter-shadow-banning-conspiracy-theory/ Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real Elon Musk tweet about alleged Twitter suppression

2022-12-09 Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.” Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Twitter Files’ Round 2: Bari Weiss Edition

2022-12-09 Conservative columnist Bari Weiss became the second person to receive “Twitter Files” documents from Twitter’s then-new CEO Elon Musk in December 2022. This generated quite a lot of exceptionally vague controversy, as well as discussi Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Katie Hobbs Did NOT Contact Twitter To Have Posts Removed To Censor Political Opponents

2022-12-08 Did Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' office contact Twitter to have posts removed to censor political opponents? No, that's not true: Hobbs' office asked the Center for Internet Security in 2021 to alert Twitter about an account th Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Understanding the ‘Twitter Files’

2022-12-07 Do ‘leaked’ internal documents prove Twitter’s left-wing bias? A Dispatch Explainer.The post Understanding the ‘Twitter Files’ appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Wolfenstein Twitter Controversy, Explained

2022-12-06 On December 5 2022, a popular post to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter addressed the “Wolfenstein” video game franchise — more specifically, purported complaints that the game had become overtly “political”: Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules

2022-12-06 Did the staff of presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee suppress political speech leading up to the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump when it requested certain tweets be reviewed? No, that's Go to site post…»

Poynter→ Twitter’s policy on misleading COVID-19 information is ‘no longer in effect’

2022-12-01 Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. The latest issue of the saga we’re all tired […] The post Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Twitter No Longer Enforcing COVID Misinformation Policy

2022-11-29 On November 29 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/news claimed that Twitter had stopped enforcing its policy on disinformation and misinformation around COVID-19: Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy from news Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Twitter ends COVID-19 misinformation policy after Musk promises ‘general amnesty’ for suspended accounts

2022-11-29 https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-ends-covid-19-misinformation-policy-musk-promises-general-amnesty-suspended-accounts Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Twitter Fact Checks Joe Biden’s Bogus Claim on Lowering the Deficit

2022-11-28 https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/22/twitter-fact-checks-joe-bidens-bogus-claim-on-lowering-the-deficit/ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Say That ‘Elon Musk Could Threaten Free Speech On Twitter By Literally Allowing People To Speak Freely’

2022-11-28 Did CNN publish an article or a news report stating that "Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely"? No, that's not true: As of November 28, 2022, the CNN website had not published such Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say He Will Go Back On Twitter When Elon Musk Calls Him Daddy

2022-11-22 Did former President Donald Trump say in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform, that he will return to Twitter when Elon Musk, the social media platform's new owner and CEO, calls him "daddy"? No, that's not true: Trump has no Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Twitter Employees Protesting Elon Musk

2022-11-21 Did Twitter employees protest Elon Musk by marching in gay pride regalia with a banner after he became the owner of Twitter? No, that's not true: There have been no reports of Twitter employees protesting Musk's ownership by marching with Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Did Elon Musk Use a Poll to Decide if Trump Could Return to Twitter?

2022-11-21 Yes.The post Did Elon Musk Use a Poll to Decide if Trump Could Return to Twitter? appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

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