4 People 20176 Fact-checks 6675 Articles People (4) Elon Musk Steve Case Allen Frances X posts Fact-checks (20176) Threads posts stated on January 28, 2025 in a Threads post: “Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’” By Sofia Ahmed• February 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk decides to withdraw support” for World Boxing Organization unless Imane Khelif’s “medal and $25 million bonus are revoked.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 5, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 01, 2024 in a Threads post: A CNN headline says, “Elon Musk considers melting down Statue of Liberty to make series of limited edition cyber trucks" By Sofia Ahmed• December 2, 2024 Elon Musk stated on November 06, 2022 in a tweet: “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk.” By Madison Czopek• December 19, 2022 Viral image stated on August 07, 2024 in an Instagram post: Says Elon Musk posted on X, “Any harassment of Trump supporters using the term ‘weird’ will be punished.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 15, 2024 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 September 08, 2024 in a Threads post: “Elon Musk is going to expose Bill Gates soon, says ‘he’s evil.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 12, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: ‘I am officially buying McDonald’s.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 8, 2024 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 Threads posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a post on Threads: Says Taylor Swift said, “Elon Musk, the first human in history, to be radicalized by his own algorithm.” By Madison Czopek• November 18, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk sues ‘The View’ and Whoopi Goldberg for $70 million.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2024 in a Facebook post: Says Travis Kelce quit X and called it a “toxic waste dump.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 26, 2024 Viral image stated on October 31, 2023 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk is dead. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 9, 2023 Threads posts stated on January 29, 2025 in a Threads post: “ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post: It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.” By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025 Threads posts stated on November 02, 2024 in a post: “Elon Musk bans Stephen King permanently from platform X after he trolled the tech mogul.” By Grace Abels• November 8, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk silences Taylor Swift: Shocking ban wipes out 1 million followers and costs her a staggering $72 million!” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2024 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 Articles (6675) 'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 Would the federal government prosecute Elon Musk for his $1 million lottery? Don’t hold your breath By Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2024 Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal? By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2025 Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies? By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2025 Fact-checking falsehoods about Epstein’s client list, island and involvement with Trump By Amy Sherman• December 17, 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 Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release By Grace Abels• July 8, 2025 Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 12, 2024 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims By Loreben Tuquero• August 27, 2025 Trump, Musk claim government 'fraud' without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse? By Claire Cranford, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025 Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2025
Threads posts stated on January 28, 2025 in a Threads post: “Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’” By Sofia Ahmed• February 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk decides to withdraw support” for World Boxing Organization unless Imane Khelif’s “medal and $25 million bonus are revoked.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 5, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 01, 2024 in a Threads post: A CNN headline says, “Elon Musk considers melting down Statue of Liberty to make series of limited edition cyber trucks" By Sofia Ahmed• December 2, 2024 Elon Musk stated on November 06, 2022 in a tweet: “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk.” By Madison Czopek• December 19, 2022 Viral image stated on August 07, 2024 in an Instagram post: Says Elon Musk posted on X, “Any harassment of Trump supporters using the term ‘weird’ will be punished.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 15, 2024 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 September 08, 2024 in a Threads post: “Elon Musk is going to expose Bill Gates soon, says ‘he’s evil.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 12, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk: ‘I am officially buying McDonald’s.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 8, 2024 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 Threads posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a post on Threads: Says Taylor Swift said, “Elon Musk, the first human in history, to be radicalized by his own algorithm.” By Madison Czopek• November 18, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk sues ‘The View’ and Whoopi Goldberg for $70 million.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2024 in a Facebook post: Says Travis Kelce quit X and called it a “toxic waste dump.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 26, 2024 Viral image stated on October 31, 2023 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk is dead. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 9, 2023 Threads posts stated on January 29, 2025 in a Threads post: “ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post: It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.” By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025 Threads posts stated on November 02, 2024 in a post: “Elon Musk bans Stephen King permanently from platform X after he trolled the tech mogul.” By Grace Abels• November 8, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk silences Taylor Swift: Shocking ban wipes out 1 million followers and costs her a staggering $72 million!” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2024 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
'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 Would the federal government prosecute Elon Musk for his $1 million lottery? Don’t hold your breath By Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2024 Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal? By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2025 Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies? By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2025 Fact-checking falsehoods about Epstein’s client list, island and involvement with Trump By Amy Sherman• December 17, 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 Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release By Grace Abels• July 8, 2025 Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 12, 2024 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims By Loreben Tuquero• August 27, 2025 Trump, Musk claim government 'fraud' without showing proof. How common is federal fraud, abuse? By Claire Cranford, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025 Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2025
