“We post SATIRE, nothing on this page is real,” reads the “Introduction” part of the Facebook page. Esspots.com has a track record of fabricating news to get comments and shares.
The fictitious tale gained traction after it was announced that Brazil had banned access to X there after Musk was ordered by a judge to remove information from the platform that they said endangered the country’s electoral integrity.
Musk was banned as a result of his refusal to cooperate. Similar satirical allegations against Musk and Goldberg have already been covered by Snopes.
These include a fabricated story that Musk had barred writer Stephen King from X and another that claimed Goldberg had approached South Carolina U.S. Senator Tim Scott on set and sobbed.
For context, here’s why we warn readers of misinformation propagated by sources that refer to their work as satirical or amusing.
