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Musk shares fabricated Telegraph headline claiming UK planned 'detainment camps' in the Falklands
What he said or did
Musk reposted a post by Britain First co-leader Ashlea Simon showing a purported Telegraph headline that Starmer was considering emergency detainment camps
on the Falkland Islands for rioters, adding 'Detainment Camps'…
. He deleted it within about 30 minutes to an hour.
Background
The image copied the Telegraph's design and used a real reporter's byline. The post was seen nearly two million times before deletion, according to screenshots cited by Fortune and AAP.
Official response
The Telegraph said it had published no such article and that Starmer had considered no such thing.
Fact-checks and findings
AAP FactCheck rated the claim False, based on a fabricated news article; Lead Stories rated it a Made-Up Story
, finding the Telegraph never published it.
What happened next
Musk and Simon both deleted their posts.
Sources
- AAP FactCheck9 Aug 2024
- Fortune8 Aug 2024
- Lead Stories8 Aug 2024
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