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Elon Musk did not block Pride

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X owner Elon Musk has rolled back policies intended to protect transgender people from harassment on his platform. But social media posts falsely claimed Pride-related content has now been "blocked on X permanently," citing a purported "late-night announcement" by Musk. The claim originated on a satirical website.
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/11/elon-musk-has-not-blocked-pride-related-content-from-x-contrary-to-posts/

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True. From Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/online-claim-that-musk-blocked-disney-pride-content-is-satire-2024-11-26/

There is no evidence that X owner Elon Musk publicly announced that he blocked Pride content from Disney on his social media platform, as suggested in an online claim that stems from a satirical website where he said "Woke’ Isn’t for Kids”.

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