Musk has also been caught using alt accounts before. In 2023, Musk posted a screenshot of an X account that showed one of his burner accounts. Journalists tracked down the account which used an avatar of Musk’s son and, like Dittmann, would often rush to the defense of Musk. That alt has since been suspended.

A journalist said Sunday her X account was suspended and links to a recent article of hers were blocked on the platform after she published a piece debunking online theories that an Elon Musk fan account was actually the billionaire himself.

A Spectator journalist has been blocked on the social media platform X for debunking a theory that Elon Musk is the secret owner of a fawning sock puppet account. Since 2023, rumors have swirled that X user Adrian Dittmann,