Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X’s Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation

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Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X’s Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation
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X's Trust and Safety team says it's working to remove false information related to the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is sharing conspiracies and chatting with QAnon promoters.

The statement, issued three days after the conflict began, reads: “As the events continue to unfold rapidly, a cross-company leadership group has assessed this moment as a crisis requiring the highest level of response.” One person who does not appear to be part of this crisis team is X owner Elon Musk.

conducted a search for the “Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church” on X this morning and found that Ahmed’s original false post was the third result. Multiple other posts from verified users all repeating the lie were also promoted at the top of the results, none of which had Community Notes attached to them.

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