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“Elon Musk’s tweet in Hindi stating that ‘Twitter Tere Tukde Honge’ gang should also pay $8”
Social media posts Claim dated 5 Nov 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The screenshot shared in the post shows a tweet made from a parody account of Elon Musk. Ian Woolford, a Melbourne-based Hindi professor, changed his profile name and picture to make it look like the Twitter handle of Elon Musk and published this Hindi tweet posing as a parody account of Elon Musk. Elon Musk did not publish any such Hindi tweet about charging $8 to the ‘Twitter Tere Tukde gang’.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 5 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 November 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.