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  • Fact Check: 'T-esla' Did NOT Launch Cryptocurrency Software Platform To 'Cure Poverty All Over The World' -- It's A Financial Scam

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    Did "T-esla" release new cryptocurrency software designed to "cure poverty all over the world"? No, that's not true: This deceptive ad is not associated with Tesla or Elon Musk, the co-founder of the automotive and clean energy company. The scam also is falsely using the name Quantum Ai, a separate company that operates a cryptocurrency trading system not affiliated with…

    • Jan 11, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: 'T-esla' Did NOT Launch Cryptocurrency Software Platform To 'Cure Poverty All Over The World' -- It's A Financial Scam Not Musk
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Buy Google

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    Did a YouTube video reveal that Elon Musk bought the search engine giant Google? No, that's not true: The video has a clickbait title, offers no details of a sale and appeared on a YouTube channel that admits its videos are fictional and have no connection to Musk. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has no record that Google, a…

    • Jan 10, 2023
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Buy Google No Sale
  • Fact Check: Alyssa Milano's 'Temper Tantrum' Over Elon Musk Has NOT Cost Her $13 Million -- Story From Satire Website

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    Did Alyssa Milano's "temper tantrum" over Elon Musk cost her $13 million? No, that's not true: This satirical article was published by a website connected to the satire network, America's Last Line of Defense, which clearly identifies its content as untrue and not to be taken seriously. The story appeared in an article published by dunning-kruger-times.com on January 8, 2023,…

    • Jan 9, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Alyssa Milano's 'Temper Tantrum' Over Elon Musk Has NOT Cost Her $13 Million -- Story From Satire Website Satire Site
  • NewsBlaze CEO Appears Linked To Anonymous Anti-Vax Site GoodSciencing.com

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    This article lays out the evidence Alan Gray (CEO of alternative news site NewsBlaze) is quite likely the key person behind the anonymously published website named Real Science hosted on the domain name goodsciencing.com. It was recently in the news because it was the source for some spectacular (but wrong) statistics about athletes suffering cardiac arrests (here's our fact…

    • Jan 5, 2023
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    NewsBlaze CEO Appears Linked To Anonymous Anti-Vax Site GoodSciencing.com Not Science
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Buy ABC And Cancel 'The View' -- Story Originated On A Satire Website

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    Did Elon Musk buy the ABC Network and cancel its daytime talk show "The View"? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated story that originated on a satire website run by Christopher Blair, who plainly discloses that "everything on this website is fiction." The story has been copied and reposted to another site without that disclaimer. The article from…

    • Jan 5, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Buy ABC And Cancel 'The View' -- Story Originated On A Satire Website Satire Site
  • Fact Check: Anthony Fauci NOT Arrested After Elon Musk Document Dump -- It's From Satire Site

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    Did police in Washington, D.C., arrest top virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci after Twitter CEO Elon Musk released information that Fauci lied about COVID-19 research and imposed unnecessary restrictions on Americans? No, that's not true: The claim appears in a story on a site that publishes satirical takes on the news. The claim appeared in a December 27, 2022 article by…

    • Dec 31, 2022
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Anthony Fauci NOT Arrested After Elon Musk Document Dump -- It's From Satire Site Not Arrested
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT File A Billion Dollars In Lawsuits Against 'Totally Unprepared' Kathy Griffin

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    Did Elon Musk file a billion dollars in lawsuits against "totally unprepared" Kathy Griffin? No, that's not true: The site that posted the story and a "Fact Check" follow-up is satirical. There are clearly marked disclaimers on the website that state everything on the site is a satirical work of fiction. The claim appeared as an article (archived here) where…

    • Dec 28, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT File A Billion Dollars In Lawsuits Against 'Totally Unprepared' Kathy Griffin Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce He Would Run For President, As Of December 24, 2022

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    Did Elon Musk announce, as of December 24, 2022, that he is running for president? No, that's not true: As one of the most-reported-on persons of 2022, any such announcement would have been a top story for dozens of credible professional news organizations. No such reporting existed as of December 27, 2022. Nor had Musk, who owns Twitter and uses…

    • Dec 27, 2022
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce He Would Run For President, As Of December 24, 2022 Did Not Say It
  • Fact Check: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Was NOT Arrested For Child Porn

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    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 updated to note that it is an "obvious satire article." The claim appeared in an article published by Vancouver Times on December…

    • Dec 27, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Was NOT Arrested For Child Porn Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Did NOT Trigger Removal Of 44,000 Child Sexual Exploitation Pages 'In Just India Alone'

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    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. Also, while the implication in the post is that such numbers began with Musk's takeover of Twitter, available information shows it…

    • Dec 22, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Did NOT Trigger Removal Of 44,000 Child Sexual Exploitation Pages 'In Just India Alone' Misread Data
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