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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Pol Allingham

Royal Society to meet after fellow Elon Musk accused of ‘promoting conspiracies’

Elon Musk is accused of spreading misinformation (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Archive)

A professor who flagged that Elon Musk may have broken the Royal Society’s code of conduct by spreading misinformation has said “this is not about policing political views” ahead of its meeting on Monday.

Nobel prize winners were among more than 2,400 people to sign an open letter that alleged Mr Musk had broken the Royal Society’s code of conduct by promoting “unfounded conspiracy theories”.

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