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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Musk begs Twitter users to stay ‘as close to the truth as possible’ as fake news about Gaza war proliferates

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Elon Musk pleaded with X users on Sunday to try and stick to the facts, as the site and its billionaire owner come under heavy criticism for the spread of false information regarding the Israel-Hamas war.

“As always, please try stay as close to the truth as possible, even for stuff you don’t like,” Mr Musk wrote on X. “This platform aspires to maximize signal/noise of the human collective.”

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