Elon Musk Shares Unsubstantiated Conspiracy Theory About House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Husband's Attack On Twitter, Later Deleted


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Thomas Hawk

Elon Musk , who completed the acquisition of Twitter in October 2022, shared an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory on Twitter related to the attack on the home of Nancy Pelosi 's husband, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. is controversial.

Paul Pelosi attacks prompts Elon Musk and political right to spread misinformation - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/30/paul-pelosi-attack-misinformation-elon-musk/

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/elon-musk-twitter-baseless-conspiracy-theory-paul-pelosi-attack

Musk tweets link to an unfounded conspiracy theory - ABC News
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After 2 o'clock on October 28, 2022 local time, a man with a hammer broke into the home of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Pelosi's husband, 82-year-old Paul, was attacked. has occurred. Sources said the man was yelling 'Where's Nancy' at the time of the attack and is believed to have broken into the home, targeting Pelosi. However, Nancy was absent at the time, so he attacked her husband Paul, who was at home.

US House Speaker's House Intruder, Husband Injured Suspect Arrested, Motive Unclear | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/usa-pelosi-husband-idJPKBN2RN1I2



Mr. Paul stole the man's eyes, called the police, and kept him on the phone while he was talking to him. When the police who recognized the urgency arrived at the scene at 2:27, the man and Mr. Paul were holding a hammer and the man hit Mr. Paul at least once in front of the police. . Eventually, the man was caught by the police, but Mr. Paul suffered serious injuries such as a skull and right arm fracture. Paul's treatment is going well and doctors are predicting a full recovery.

The current criminal was arrested by a 42-year-old man named David Depape, who is accused of attempted murder, abuse of the elderly, and break-ins. In addition, a survey of Depape's online history shows that he was opposed to the new coronavirus vaccine and was obsessed with conspiracy theories related to QAnon, as well as being anti-Semitic, racist, and transgender . It is reported that he also expressed phobic views. According to the overseas media The Independent, the pace of posting accelerated in the weeks leading up to the attack on Mr. Pelosi, and Depape was posting several times a day.

Hillary Clinton , the Democratic nominee for the 2016 US presidential election, quoted an article in the Los Angeles Times that reported that DePappe was promoting far-right conspiracy theories: They regularly spread confusing conspiracy theories, the result of which is shocking but not surprising: as citizens, we hold them accountable for their words and subsequent actions. I have to,' he tweeted.



In response, Musk replied with the message, ``There may be more to this story than meets the eye,'' and a link to an article published by the Santa Monica Observer web media. has been sent. The reply was deleted early in the afternoon of the 29th local time, but it was said that it had acquired about 24,000 retweets and about 86,000 before it was deleted.

The Santa Monica Observer article claims that 'DePappe had a history of belonging to radical gay activist groups, and Mr. Paul, who was rumored to be gay, met DePappe at a bar and headed home with him.' It was something. In the past, the Santa Monica Observer has posted an article claiming that ``Hillary Clinton is already dead, and the current Mr. Clinton is a fake,'' and is notorious for spreading fake news and conspiracy theories. media.

Fact-checking site Media Bias/Fact Check, in its evaluation of Santa Monica Observer , said, ``Santa Monica Observer is a scammer's site designed to look like a real local news site,'' and reportedly favored the Republican Party. conclude that it is a dubious source of information. Major foreign media outlets also pointed out that the article was baseless, and argued that the sharing of such an article by Musk, who has completed the acquisition of Twitter, raises doubts about Twitter's moderation in the future. .



While Musk has taken the stance of supporting free speech, he tweeted on October 27, ``Don't become a freewheeling picture of hell where Twitter won't punish you for anything you say. Our platform must comply with the laws of this country and welcome everyone warmly, ”he said, indicating a policy of moderated content to maintain the soundness of the discussion. I'm here.

Mr. Mask dismisses Twitter's CEO and CFO, ``Do not make Twitter a hell picture of free participation'' and set restrictions on speech-GIGAZINE



Also, on October 28th, he announced that he would establish a “content moderation (post monitoring) council with a wide variety of perspectives”.

Mr. Musk, who bought Twitter, will set up a ``post monitoring council'' without Trump's immediate return-CNN.co.jp
https://www.cnn.co.jp/tech/35195336.html

However, it has also been pointed out that politically incorrect remarks such as 'Trump won' and racist slander have increased on Twitter after Mr. Musk's acquisition, and there are doubts about content moderation on Twitter. voices are rising. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, told NBC News, 'I think we need content moderation.' It was a good sign, but I continue to worry about this, and I don't think people should be making money by spreading tons of lies.'

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