Elon Musk Did Not Threaten Journalists in a Tweet
The Claim
Elon Musk tweeted: “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.”
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Emerging story
Social media users shared a claim purporting that Elon Musk threatened journalists in a tweet. According to the claim, Musk tweeted: “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.”
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating claim and found it to be fake. The tweet is fabricated.
Fake Tweet Attributed to Elon Musk
Misbar’s team conducted an advanced search on Twitter and did not find a similar tweet by Elon Musk.
Moreover, Misbar’s team search archived tweets via “PolitiTweet,” and did not find the alleged tweet.
Twitter Suspends Several Journalists
The claim was shared after Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk.
Musk later tweeted that the rules banning the publishing of personal information applied to all, including journalists.
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