Elon Musk Tweets Plagiarized Article Bylined by Fake Writer

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, used his X-formerly-Twitter account to boost a plagiarized article bylined by a fake journalist.

On Saturday, Musk reshared a screenshot of a Medium article on X — the social media website he also owns — by the noted shitposter who goes by the handle “Wall Street Silver.” The article’s headline reads “45% of Women Estimated to be Single and Childless by 2030,” with subtext declaring that “recent data” estimates “that 45% of women between ages 25 and 44 will be single and childless by the time 2030 rolls around,” and that “the number of single women in the U.S. is expected to rise 1.2% every year.” These figures are followed by images of women including the trans activist Dylan Mulvaney.

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