X suspends journalist after debunking theory Elon Musk fan account was Musk himself
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A journalist said Sunday her X account was suspended and links to a recent article of hers were blocked on the platform after she published a piece debunking online theories that an Elon Musk fan account was actually the billionaire himself.
A journalist said Sunday her X account was suspended and links to a recent article of hers were blocked on the platform after she published a piece debunking online theories that an Elon Musk fan account was actually the billionaire himself. The journalist, Jacqueline Sweet, wrote a piece for the UK magazine The Spectator, laying out how and why an X account belonging to a man who apparently lives in Fiji is not actually Musk. The man, Adrian Dittmann, who goes by the same name on X has regularly posted positively about Musk and his exploits. He also sounds eerily like Musk, having engaged with the technology mogul several times on various X “Spaces” conversations. Both marveled at the similarity in their voices, with Dittmann at one point telling Musk he grew up all over the place and that he lives in Oceania, but that he did not want to reveal more information out of fear people would come after him. In recent days, various outlets have picked up on questions over whether Musk has been secretly masquerading on X as the alternate identity. But Sweet, along with a Swiss hacker/developer known as maia arson crimew and journalist Ryan Fae, investigated who was actually behind Dittmann’s accounts, determining he was in fact, a man named Adrian Dittmann who seems to live in Fiji. After Sweet posted a link to her story on X reporting that Musk was not Dittmann, the billionaire X owner jokingly replied, “I am Adrian Dittmann. It’s time the world knew.” Following the interaction, Sweet said her account was suspended. The Swiss hacker and Fae said the same. And as of Monday afternoon, links to The Spectator article as well as the Swiss hacker and Fae’s blog post could not be posted on X or sent via the platform’s direct message feature.
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