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Left-wing conspiracy theorists claim Elon Musk used satellites to ‘steal’ US election

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Conspiracy theorists claim the 2024 US presidential election was stolen’ Claims that 20 m votes in the election have “disappeared’ or that Starlink was used to interfere with vote-counting machines have been shared by thousands of people across X, Threads and TikTok .

There is no evidence to support the claims spreading on social media.

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said there was “no evidence of any malicious activity”.

Misinformation is spreading across social media platforms collecting millions of views.

Fact checkers have debunked a variety of claims so far, including allegations that Kamala Harris won in states that don’t require voter ID.

Threads, TikTok and X were contacted for comment.

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