“Stephen King was permanently banned from Twitter for calling Mr. Free Speech himself Elon Musk, ‘The First Lady.’”
Social media posts
Threads. Claim dated 11 Nov 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website. King’s X account remains active, and he used it on Nov. 13 to debunk the claim.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 November 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 November 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://perma.cc/NG6E-CRUB
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