Did Elon Musk bury horror creator Stephen King within the X cemetery (or sematary, as King’s followers would say)?
“Elon Musk bans Stephen King completely from platform X after he trolled the tech mogul,” learn a Nov. 2 Threads submit.
An article linked within the submit elaborated: “Oh boy, of us! For those who thought the Twitterverse couldn’t get any wilder, buckle up!”
The Threads posts earned greater than a thousand likes and virtually as many feedback, with individuals believing the declare writing, “Musk doesn’t consider in freedom of speech. He believes in hypocrisy,” and, “I used to learn each ebook Stephen put out however I’m disgusted, I’m accomplished.”
However don’t get spooked; this didn’t occur. The Threads declare originated on a satire account.
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SpaceX Fanclub, a satire account that claims “nothing on this web page is actual,” shared the identical declare July 24 on its Fb web page. The satire submit hyperlinks to an article on Esspots, one other satire web site.
However when the declare was reshared on Threads, it was not labeled as satire. PolitiFact has fact-checked quite a few claims which have originated on SpaceX Fanclub and Esspots which have later unfold with out a satire label.
The article linked within the viral Threads submit is copied and pasted from the Esspots satire story shared July 24.
King and Musk have gotten into tiffs on X, however King has an lively Twitter account as of Nov. 7.
The declare that Musk banned King completely from X originated as satire. We fee this declare False.
