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X proprietor Elon Musk has rolled again insurance policies supposed to guard transgender individuals from harassment on his platform. However social media posts falsely claimed Satisfaction-related content material has now been “blocked on X completely,” citing a purported “late-night announcement” by Musk. The declare originated on a satirical web site.
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In October 2022, Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired Twitter and renamed it X. In a message to advertisers, Musk, who’s a self-described “free speech absolutist,” wrote that he deliberate to make the social media platform “a digital city sq., the place a variety of beliefs may be debated in a wholesome method.”
However as CEO, Musk rolled back policies geared toward defending transgender individuals from harassment on-line. In 2023, X eliminated a sentence from its hateful conduct policy prohibiting the “focused misgendering or deadnaming of trans people.”
In July, Musk announced on X that he could be transferring SpaceX and X headquarters from California to Texas after California passed a law barring faculties from requiring that lecturers notify dad and mom of modifications to their baby’s gender id. “That is the ultimate straw,” Musk stated of the brand new legislation.
Musk has proven help for marriage equality, nonetheless. “Folks ought to discover mutual love and happiness the place their coronary heart leads them,” he wrote on X in March. “I solely ask of my homosexual pals that they’ve kids for the continuance of civilization.”
Now, social media posts falsely declare that Musk has stated he would block Satisfaction-related content material from X.
A Nov. 19 post on Threads shared a headline from “Luxurious Weblog” saying, “Satisfaction Content material Blocked On X Completely, ‘Defending Youngsters Comes First.’” The article purports to cite Musk as saying social media platforms want “to make sure that youngsters are uncovered to concepts acceptable for his or her age.” Reactions from commenters have been supportive, and most believed the declare was true. “Spectacular,” one person wrote. “Thank u elon musk.”
However the headline and the article have been initially printed on Esspots, a self-described “pretend information” website, on Nov. 18, the place it was labeled as satire. Some social media posts shared the headline and identified it as satire. However the Nov. 19 Threads submit and others shared the article with out labeling it as satire.
Pride and transgender-related content can still be viewed on X.
We reached out to X for remark in regards to the social media submit, however we didn’t obtain a response.
Musk, a vocal supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, has been the goal of social media misinformation since Trump’s victory.
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