Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Greta Thunberg From Twitter -- It's Satirical Story

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  • by: Marlo Lee

STORY UPDATED: check for updates below.

Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Ban Greta Thunberg From Twitter -- It's Satirical Story No Such Ban

Did Elon Musk ban activist Greta Thunberg from Twitter? No, that's not true: Thunberg's Twitter account is still active. The claim appears in a publication with a disclaimer that its satirical articles are "not meant to be taken seriously" and "We make no claim that the information presented in these articles is true or accurate."

The claim appeared in a SpaceXMania article (archived here) on March 7, 2023, under the title "Just in: Elon Musk bans Greta Thunberg from Twitter." It opened:

In a stunning move that has shocked the world, Elon Musk has disabled Greta Thunberg's Twitter account.

This is what the article looked like at the time of writing:

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(Source: SpaceXMania screenshot taken on Thu Mar 9 14:30:18 2023 UTC)

The article claims that sources close to Musk say he was "fed up" with the 20-year-old's tweets about saving the planet, and that's why he banned her. The article also notes that Musk spoke to reporters about this ban. When we searched for news articles on this subject, no relevant results appeared on Google News, which indexes some 20,000 sites, experts estimate.

Thunberg's verified Twitter account has not been banned. The latest tweet from her is from March 3, 2023:

At the end of the article is a disclaimer that reads, "Disclaimer: This is satire, not real news." In SpaceXMania's Disclaimer section, under "About Satire," they write that "Please note that some of the articles on this website are satirical in nature and are not meant to be taken seriously. These articles are meant to be humorous and are often entirely made up. We make no claim that the information presented in these articles is true or accurate."

More Lead Stories fact checks about Elon Musk can be found here.

Updates:

  • 2 years
    ago     16:56
    Removes extraneous website references.

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Marlo Lee is a fact checker at Lead Stories. She is a graduate of Howard University with a B.S. in Biology. Her interest in fact checking started in college, when she realized how important it became in American politics. She lives in Maryland.

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