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Threads posts stated on July 05, 2023 in a Threads post:
Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.”
By Loreben Tuquero• July 6, 2023
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
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
Viral image stated on September 07, 2024 in a Threads post:
Elon Musk said, “Anyone caught promoting propaganda will be suspended from X.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 12, 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 November 28, 2024 in a photo:
“Elon Musk is not a citizen of the United States.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 5, 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
Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:
“Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.”
By Grace Abels• February 17, 2025
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 November 15, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk blocks Disney’s pride content on X, says ‘woke’ isn’t for kids.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 19, 2024
Viral image stated on March 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 13, 2023
Viral image stated on July 10, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Elon Musk “urging everyone in the UK to take advantage of this great opportunity before the big banks close completely.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2023
Elon Musk stated on February 02, 2024 in an X post:
Biden’s strategy is to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and “legalize them to create a permanent majority.”
By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk tweeted, “The fact that an 18 year old can't take out a $10,000 business loan” but “can take out a $100,000 student loan tells you everything you need to know.”
By Yacob Reyes• April 29, 2022
Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2022 in Instagram post:
“DISGRUNTLED EX-EMPLOYEE? Twitter CEO Elon Musk's account is presently suspended.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 7, 2022
Elon Musk stated on February 26, 2024 in an X post:
Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Twitter employee named Jackson Mulholland resigned in a tweet after Elon Musk joined the company’s board.
By Jeff Cercone• April 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
"Elon Musk bloquea el contenido de Disney Pride en X y dice que 'WOKE' no es para NIÑOS".
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2024
Viral image stated on July 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2023
Department of Government Efficiency stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
By Madison Czopek• December 19, 2024

Articles (37)

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

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024

Elon Musk calls for accountability in media, donates to PolitiFact

By Josie Hollingsworth• May 24, 2018

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

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023

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

By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024

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

By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2025

Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened

By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024

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

By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025

What are H-1B visas and how does the Trump administration propose changing them?

By Amy Sherman• August 13, 2025

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

By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024

'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group

By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024

Musk no prueba que millones de centenarios reciben pagos fraudulentamente del Seguro Social

By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 25, 2025

How an unsubstantiated, anonymous affidavit about the ABC presidential debate was amplified online

By Jeff Cercone• September 20, 2024

Did President Biden read off directions from a teleprompter?

By Louis Jacobson, Andy Nguyen• July 11, 2022

Trump’s Afrikaner refugee policy based on unfounded claims about land, white farmer ‘genocide’

By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2025

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

By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025

Trump froze out Project 2025 in his campaign. Now its blueprint is his health care playbook.

By Stephanie Armour• February 24, 2025

Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• June 5, 2025

Musk’s AI-powered Grokipedia: A Wikipedia spin-off with less care to sourcing, accuracy

By Loreben Tuquero• November 12, 2025

City officials and residents say there is no Venezuelan gang “takeover” in Aurora, Colorado

By Sofia Ahmed• September 9, 2024

Does a graphic showing use of words about racism prove media manipulation? There’s more to the story

By Jeff Cercone• May 16, 2023