March 6th, 2021, 9:59 pm
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Tesla shares fell on Friday. The reason could be the spread via various channels that Elon Musk died in an accident. Meanwhile, he is in the best of health.
Deceptively real-looking screenshots, supposedly from well-known online portals and news outlets, spread on social media on Friday. Elon Musk was killed in the explosion of a car battery at the Tesla plant, it said.
Rest in peace Elon Musk! You will be missed!!! #ripElon #ripMusk #ripElonMusk #ElonMusk @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/o6XVyQwWAD
— Caleb Kimmel (@cebkel) March 5, 2021
Except for screenshots, no receipts
Then there was also a real-looking Tesla message to investors, in which the death of the CEO was confirmed. The ultimate proof should probably be a tweet from Musk’s life partner, the Canadian artist Grimes. She posted it on Twitter, but subsequently deleted it – probably out of sheer pain. But it was possible to secure it beforehand, it was said on social media. In fact, the tweet wasn’t posted by Grimes at all.