Top Israel/Hamas misinformation spreaders use Elon Musk's paid "verification"

skilled · on Oct 22, 2023

Ars riding Elon's name huh.

rsynnott · on Oct 22, 2023

Live by the sword, die by the sword. If you run around claiming credit for everything, you can’t expect to avoid his name.

Also, in this particular case it was his stupid idea, or at least he took credit for it at the time.

taraharris · on Oct 22, 2023

Why is NewsGuard considered a trusted source, given their ties to the US intelligence establishment? The people that conned us about Iraqi WMD do not deserve the right to be the arbiters of what is deemed to be information.

FreakyT · on Oct 22, 2023

It'd be weirder if they didn't, considering how much X, The Everything App by Elon Musk, prioritizes subscriber posts. The last time I checked my feed on X, The Everything App by Elon Musk, basically every surfaced reply was a paid user.