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Woman jailed for fake news tweet so beware of posting fake news. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/09/woman-who-posted-fake-name-of-southport-attacker-destroyed/

Interesting that it says it "destroyed her" and not that it caused much public harm or contributed to rioting etc. She lives in a million-pound farm house near Chester etc yada yada.

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Wow, a million pound farm house, pretty heavy🙂

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It’s high time people were held to account for shouting “fire!” in a theater when there is no fire.

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You would have thought so ^^^. Meanwhile can't Elon check before he retweets?

Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands
X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted rioters would be sent to detention camps.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/08/elon-musk-shares-faked-telegraph-story-rioters-falklands-camps

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@congruent said
You would have thought so ^^^. Meanwhile can't Elon check before he retweets?

Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands
X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted rioters would be sent to detention camps.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/08/elon-musk-shares-faked-telegraph-story-rioters-falklands-camps
Maybe Elon could also be held legally liable. He deliberately removed all the safeguards Twitter had to stop the spread of misinformation.

Prior to Musk buying the website that woman's tweet would likely have been flagged as misinformation (or even blocked) which could've prevented the damage her tweet caused.

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@congruent said
You would have thought so ^^^. Meanwhile can't Elon check before he retweets?

Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands
X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted rioters would be sent to detention camps.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/08/elon-musk-shares-faked-telegraph-story-rioters-falklands-camps
Elon Musk can't even be bothered to check to see if the condom is still on.

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Musk is very close to being charged with treason.

https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-the-government-pursue-treason-charges-on-Elon-Musk

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Musk is very close to being charged with treason.

https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-the-government-pursue-treason-charges-on-Elon-Musk
Quora? OMG, Quora is the voice of the ignorant in this country. I wouldn't trust anything I read on Quora.

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@congruent said
You would have thought so ^^^. Meanwhile can't Elon check before he retweets?

Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands
X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted rioters would be sent to detention camps.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/08/elon-musk-shares-faked-telegraph-story-rioters-falklands-camps
Musk is a textbook case of smart people who make dumb mistakes.

Trump on the other hand is just a dumb person who makes dumb mistakes.

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One I missed🙂
I stuck in Quora review and just about the only thing I found was a really large bunch of Quora 'reviews' and not much independent analysis.
I admit not knowing much about that site.

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@sonhouse said
@Suzianne
One I missed🙂
I stuck in Quora review and just about the only thing I found was a really large bunch of Quora 'reviews' and not much independent analysis.
I admit not knowing much about that site.
People there can post on anything, even if they know nothing about it. (And most do.)

It's paradise for someone like Metal Brain.

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Yeah, saw that part, so it is like facebook, keep tongue firmly in cheek.

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@sonhouse said
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Yeah, saw that part, so it is like facebook, keep tongue firmly in cheek.
Indeed.

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