Tesla founder Elon Musk has been accused of trying to bump down online search results about a federal whistleblower investigation into the electric car company by selling a $50 'Cyberwhistle.'
Musk first tweeted about the stainless steel whistle - modeled after the car maker's upcoming Cybertruck - on November 30, urging his followers to 'Blow the whistle on Tesla!'
However, on Monday, it was revealed that a former Tesla employee had filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission claiming that the company failed to warn shareholders about its solar panels, which could catch on fire.
Some have accused Musk of selling the bizarre whistle to overshadow the upcoming news of the SEC investigation and drown out Google search results about the 'whistleblower.'
'Wow. Elon Musk is burying news of an upcoming SEC whistleblower investigation by selling whistles. He’s manipulating Google results. No one ever said he wasn’t creative,' tweeted Matt Stoller, the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, a corporate accountability nonprofit.
Matt Stoller, the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, accused Musk of trying to manipulate Google and other search results
The SEC launched its probe after former Tesla field quality manager Steven Henkes filed his complaint in 2019, according to Reuters.
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