A distorted claim suggesting that the US controls Ukrainian media went viral after Elon Musk reposted it, despite the original source being misinterpreted and later corrected.
Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X and recently appointed special government employee in the White House’s DOGE office, helped spread false claims alleging that 90% of Ukrainian media is controlled by the US government.
The Feb. 6 claim stemmed from an interview with Oksana Romaniuk, director of the Institute of Mass Information, on Hromadske Radio.
On February 26, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a significant False Claims Act (FCA) ruling in United States of America ex rel. Cheryl Taylor v. Healthcare ...