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FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim video shows Harris promising to censor X and owner Elon Musk

After a nationwide suspension of billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform in Brazil, social media users — including former independent presidential candidate Robert F

By BY MELISSA GOLDIN
Published - Sep 03, 2024, 04:20 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 07:38 PM EST

After a nationwide suspension of billionaire Elon Musk's X platform in Brazil, social media users — including former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — are misrepresenting a years-old video of Vice President Kamala Harris to falsely claim that the Democratic presidential nominee has threatened to censor both X and Musk.

Here's a closer look at the facts.

CLAIM: A video clip portrays Harris as saying that she will shut down X if she wins the 2024 presidential election and that Musk has “lost his privileges.”

THE FACTS: That's false. Harris was referring to Trump long before Musk bought Twitter and rebranded it as X.

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