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00:02 Elon Musk amplified the Pizzagate conspiracy theory on Monday on X, formerly Twitter.
00:07 Elon Musk drew attention to a user's attempt to connect the founder of Media Matters with
00:10 the Pizzagate conspiracy on the X platform, responding with "weird" to his 160 million
00:15 followers.
00:16 This occurred after X filed a lawsuit against Media Matters over a report that last week
00:20 identified ads for major brands running alongside pro-Nazi content on X and may have caused
00:25 advertisers to flee the platform.
00:27 Pizzagate is a baseless conspiracy theory originating from 4chan, Reddit, and other
00:31 platforms during the 2016 U.S. presidential election alleging a pedophilia ring including
00:35 Hillary Clinton and other Democrats operating out of a Washington, D.C. pizza shop.
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