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[UPDATE: fake] They made his car "cease & desist" (lemmus.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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UPDATE: Busted by the Verge, sorry everybody. Fuck.

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Link to the Threads post.

Article: Tesla Allegedly Disables Rapper’s Cybertruck After Song Critique.

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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Verge reported there are signs the video may be fix and Tesla posted to confirm that it was indeed fake.

https://www.theverge.com/tesla/757594/tesla-cybertruck-deactivated-viral-video-fake

Tesla's reply: "This is fake – that’s not our screen. Tesla does NOT disable vehicles remotely."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Normally I would care that it's a fake story but in this case I don't mind spreading it. That guy needs to pay for what he has done to our country.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The worst part is, I don't think you're even joking

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You know I might be just crazy enough to have even upvoted the original post.

    Seems unfair for only one side to have weaponized fake news

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's always the justification isn't it?

    See all this does is mislead people who might otherwise talk about legitimate grievances about Tesla. Now they have easily disproved bullshit to spew and will look like idiots who are trapped in liberal media bubbles if they try to talk about this with anyone who's paying attention.

    The only advantage we have is the truth, don't let that go.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    The reason to care is that when Tesla does pull shenanigans with their cars, now everyone's going to just call it "fake news". This incident has just bought them all the cover in the world to be assholes.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    And I am ready to look the other way, because why should I care about Musk when he hates me? There are other priorities.

    Actually, I will begin by not even fact-checking the original post. That's right. I will vibe-comment (I hope I'm using this at least somewhat right. I'm very old in internet years, I'm so sorry).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    No, when you spread disparaging lies about someone it only makes their critics look less trustworthy in the future. It's like the boy who cried wolf.

    Fake news is the tool of the enemy. You don't need it when there is plenty of truth available as ammunition.

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