'Stamp of approval': Twitter's Musk amplifies misinformation

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An analysis of months of Elon Musk's Twitter replies shows he repeatedly used his account to amplify false claims

"Musk is elevating some of the worst voices on Twitter," Nyhan told AFP."These interactions are likely to increase the reach and prominence of the accounts."After an intruder broke into Pelosi's California residence and struck the lawmaker's husband with a hammer in October 2022,

to an article claiming he was drunk and quarreling with a male prostitute. #Pelosigaylover trended on Twitter.Court filings and footage of the incident disproved the claims, which stemmed from a site that had previously published misinformation. But the damage was done. "It's really sad for the country that people of that high visibility would separate themselves from the facts and the truth in such a blatant way," Nancy PelosiTwitter responded to AFP's requests for comment with the poop emoji, an auto-reply Musk launched in March.

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