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Fake celebrity endorsements, snubs plague US presidential race

Fake celebrity endorsements, snubs plague US presidential race

  • A database from the nonprofit News Literacy Project has so far listed 70 social media posts peddling fake “VIP” endorsements and snubs
  • Elon Musk-owned X has emerged as a hotbed of political disinformation after the platform reinstated accounts of known purveyors of falsehoods, researchers say
By AFP ·