Rumors spread quickly online, and the latest about Toyota picked up surprising momentum. Claims that Toyota is moving its Alabama manufacturing plant to Ontario, Canada, circulated on social media in recent weeks. The automaker says the story simply is not true.
Posts on X, Facebook, TikTok, and even LinkedIn confidently claimed that Toyota would shut down its Alabama plant in favor of a new facility in Canada. The posts were viewed and liked tens of thousands of times as they spread rapidly across platforms. It has since emerged that the rumors appear to trace back to accounts that regularly circulate AI-generated fake news.
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One post on Threads, published February 19, claimed that “Toyota just pulled the plug on their $9 billion plant in Alabama and gave it to Canada.” The account behind the post had only 404 followers, cited no sources, and still managed to collect more than 46,000 likes.
The rumor spread far enough that Toyota eventually had to step in. Speaking with The Canadian Press, Toyota Canada spokesperson Michael Bouliane said “there is no truth” to the reports.
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