Musk posts baseless conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack on Twitter
by Victoria Bekiempis from Technology | The Guardian on (#659DS)
Post comes days after Musk takes over social media platform amid concern that hate speech will run rampant under his leadership
Elon Musk was criticized on Sunday after posting a baseless conspiracy theory about the assault of Paul Pelosi to Twitter - the social media giant he took over several days ago with a promise to impose fewer restrictions on its content.
Paul Pelosi, husband of US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer at their California home on Friday. The attacker, identified by authorities as David DePape, allegedly said Where is Nancy?" during the attack; Joe Biden said that she appeared to be the intended target.
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