DEBUNKED: Elon Musk cat Abuse Rumors Explained as Hoax Goes Viral
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A fake news story guaranteeing that Elon Musk abused a cat while at school has since gone viral on the social media platform Twitter this week and now the fake news has been debunked. On 7th November, a Twitter user by the username of @hepcatsector posted screenshots of an article about the allegations of the past bad behaviour of new Twitter CEO Elon Musk. The tweet before long circulated around the web on social media has reportedly got 80,000 likes and more than 15,000 retweets. While Elon Musk is routinely trolled online for his tweets and activities, although this one left many individuals confused. The apparent fake news said that Twitter President Elon Musk’s dad supposedly paid $125,000 to cover up the animal abuse allegations. The article moreover stated that Elon Musk was obviously high on cocaine and that the creature passed on not long after that. Individuals frequently troll Elon on the web, and this wild and upsetting endeavour has tricked thousands on the social media platform into believing the news.
The claims arose on Monday when a Twitter user shared screenshots of a tweet that incorporates terrible language, a fake news article that said Elon Musk’s dad paid the college $125,000 to ignore animal abuse claims. The news story, which was made to seem as though it was from The Independent, says the Twitter CEO performed an indecent act on the cat while he was at college. It happens to falsely claim that the businessman paid for an operation that the cat requires before the animal passed on – however, it’s all fake information. No article from The Independent exists with that title, and the whole thing was obviously made up to Troll Twitter CEO Elon Musk and the remainder of Twitter.
Elon Musk Fake Animal Abuse News Debunked
The pictures from the fake article were made to impersonate an article from The Independent, a British online newspaper. The story was evidently published on 4th November 2022 by Graeme Massie, featured as Elon Musk’s dad paid college $125,000 to disregard animal abuse claims. The misrepresented report expressed that the Tesla founder performed an indecent act on a cat belonging to a fellow student while he was high on cocaine. It further added that the cat had to be operated, which was paid for by Musk’s dad as a part of the $125,000 settlement. The cat allegedly passed on soon after, because of an infection.
Twitter is the worst!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 8, 2022
But also the best.
The fake article likewise declared that The owner of Twitter has over and over terminated interviews in which this is raised, going as far as to threaten journalists who repeat the story with legal action. A quick google search will show that there are no such articles ever published by the Independent. Notwithstanding the peculiar language used, it likewise is by all accounts a doctored variant of an article by Massie for The Independent about Elon Musk, titled Catturd’ Twitter account featured by Elon Musk turns on Tesla’s billionaire.
Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world. That’s our mission.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
Twitter CEO Bans Impersonation Accounts On Twitter
Since Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was concluded in late October, Elon has been rolling out a huge change to the company. He terminated many of the platform’s employees last week, and presently he’s begun altering Twitter’s rules and features too. The Tesla founder has revealed accounts that participate in impersonation without obviously expressing they are a parody profile will be quickly banned from the platform. He added that Twitter will never again give users a warning prior to suspending their account, and it will be basically impossible to regain access. This comes only days after the 51-year-old confirmed intends to permit clients to purchase a blue tick, which gives you confirmed status. Users in specific nations will be able to sign up for Twitter Blue for $7.99 each month, meaning the blue tick will as of now not be held for high-profile superstars, individuals and organizations.
Normally I'd be looking for some articles from reliable news sources to see if this has any truth to it, but since @elonmusk has said twitter is on it's way to becoming the only truth source (and we shouldn't rely on journalists), I believe it!
— A Hint of Musk (@HintMusk) November 7, 2022
checks out pic.twitter.com/sqFjMmfvZH
— Terijian (@terijian) November 7, 2022
