Elon Musk Under Fire for Promoting Fake News on Israel War Updates
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Elon Musk recommended two Twitter accounts, @WarMonitors and @sentdefender, known for spreading misinformation, to his 159 million followers for real-time updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Musk deleted the post after three hours, but not before it was viewed by 11 million users and several news outlets. This comes after Musk has faced allegations of antisemitism and concerns have been raised about the platform being leveraged to spread misinformation about the Israel conflict.
- Elon Musk told his 159 million followers to get Israel war updates from accounts that have peddled fake news Yahoo Finance
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- Elon Musk flags Iranian supreme leader’s post on Hamas attack on Israel The Hill
- Elon Musk told X users to follow accounts known for lies for Israel updates The Washington Post
- Musk pointed followers to Israel war updates from accounts that spread fake news Business Insider
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