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Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk shocks the world by blocking Pride on X forever: ‘Children must come first.’”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2025
Viral image stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 18, 2022
Viral image stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows interview with Elon Musk about making “passive income” with “Quantum AI.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 31, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk permanently bans Robert De Niro from X, declares ‘no room for his woke presence.’”
By Sofia Ahmed• November 22, 2024
Social Media stated on February 15, 2025 in social media posts:
Elon Musk posted on X that billionaires are “tired of subsidizing” public services.
By Claire Cranford• March 4, 2025
Threads posts stated on February 19, 2025 in a Threads post:
Elon Musk posted on X he is planning to suspend Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s X account.
By Sofia Ahmed• February 24, 2025
Viral image stated on July 03, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Elon Musk saying Oreos are “satanic.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 10, 2024
Viral image stated on November 20, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk said he would suspend X “accounts calling me fat.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2024
Viral image stated on February 17, 2025 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk said on X, “Spoiled crybabies across the country are protesting against America’s golden age. Brats like them should go to prison.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 21, 2025
Threads posts stated on December 05, 2024 in a post on Threads:
Elon Musk wrote on X that “without CEOs, the world would not be able to function” and “America will be destitute without us.”
By Madison Czopek• December 6, 2024
Instagram posts stated on November 24, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Rachel Maddow MELTS DOWN over Elon Musk posting memes about buying MSNBC.”
By Caleb McCullough• November 25, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 30, 2024 in a post:
"Elon Musk Declares: ‘Pride flags should be banned from classrooms, forever!’"
By Grace Abels• October 4, 2024
Viral image stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk said on X, “Go to my crypto project.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 3, 2024
Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Elon Musk thinks that posting what you eat is worthy of a suspension” from X.
By Mia Penner• November 20, 2024
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
“Elon Musk unveils a $100 Tesla tablet that will revolutionize the technological world.”
By Madison Czopek• December 18, 2024
Threads posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Threads post:
Elon Musk criticized the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter on X, saying, “It’s disgusting how everyone is turning this guy into some kind of folk hero.”
By Sofia Ahmed• December 10, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk has announced his first robot girlfriend, with artificial intelligence.”
By Maria Briceño• August 15, 2024
Viral image stated on October 31, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk is dead.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 9, 2023
Viral image stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025
Viral image stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk posted on X, “Allow me to remind everyone of the United States overstepping its bounds by helping to end apartheid in my home country.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 8, 2024

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2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024

Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know

By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022

'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting

By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024

How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023

Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines

By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024

Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents.

By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025

Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk

By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance?

By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024

On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI

By Loreben Tuquero• November 20, 2024

Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse'

By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025

Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists.

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 12, 2024

Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2025

Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release

By Grace Abels• July 8, 2025

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims

By Loreben Tuquero• August 27, 2025

Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal?

By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2025

Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No

By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025

Meta and X removed the accounts of Trump’s assassination attempt suspect: That’s not uncommon

By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 17, 2024

Elon Musk’s ‘mind-blowing’ chart isn’t new: People with work permits get Social Security numbers

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 2, 2025

Did a nongovernment organization in Mexico encourage migrants to vote for Biden? What we know

By Maria Briceño• April 19, 2024

How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts

By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2025