Left-leaning social media users are taking to Meta’s “Twitter killer” social media app Threads and posting conspiracy theories alleging that President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of a contest that was rife with fraud.
One conspiracy theory that has been gaining currency on the left alleges that distinguished Trump backer Elon Musk has utilized his Starlink web satellites to hack into voting machines and alter the outcomes.
“Are you f*ing kidding me?!?!?! Someone who’s openly campaining [sic] for one among the presidential parties is delivering the web connection to voting machines and say ‘he can hack EVERYTHING’ and this provides no reason for concern?!??!” wrote one user on Threads.
A pro-Harris poster on Threads wrote: “Multiple sources reveal that Starlink was involved in tabulating the votes. Starlink. Owned and controlled by Elon Musk. Who worked for the Trump campaign. Hello? Anyone?”
“I like how nobody from the press is talking about how Elon Musk just rigged the election,” a user under the handle alex.nick.jungle posted.
One other Threads user wrote: “Yooooo. Evidence of WIDESPREAD voter fraud & votes being thrown into the trash/woods and mysteriously going missing and being uncounted. This s–t is about to get crazy.”
Similar conspiracy theories have popped up on Musk’s own social media platform, X, in addition to on TikTok.
“Raise your hand in case you think Elon Musk’s Starlink was the ‘Little Secret’ to win or steal this election,” one X user wrote.
One Threads commenter noted the discrepancy between the elections leads to North Carolina, where a Democrat, Josh Stein, won the governor’s race by greater than 800,000 votes while Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris within the state by fewer than 200,000 votes.
The North Carolina races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state were all won by Democrats.
The success of Democrats in down-ballot races within the Tar-Heel State despite Trump’s victory there has fueled conspiracy theories online.
“Trump’s margin in NC relies ENTIRELY on under-votes,” one Threads user wrote. “This makes absolutely NO SENSE!”
One other Threads user couldn’t fathom that Trump handily won Iowa despite a last-minute poll by respected researcher Ann Selzer, which found Harris ahead within the state by three points.
“Ann seltzer [sic], the gold standard for poll watchers said Kamala was ahead in Iowa by 3points, and he or she loses it by 13? Odd things in all places were happening,” wrote the Threads user.
Taylor Lorenz, the previous Washington Post tech columnist, reported in her Substack newsletter that Threads users were widely sharing a post by someone named “Stephen Spoonamore,” a reputed tech expert who went by the moniker “liberal Q.”
In accordance with the widely shared post, a “full blown #fascist takeover is underway” after Trump supporters managed to “hack the tabulation machines.”
“Bear in mind these individuals are sociopaths who will kill you, they’ve done so to others, so act accordingly,” the post from “Spoonamore” warned.
“The suggestion that Threads is inundated or overrun with any such content belies reality,” a Meta spokesperson told The Post.
Meta uses independent fact-checkers that analyze posts which can be flagged by other users. Posts which can be deemed to be false will likely be assigned a rating.
Essentially the most severe rankings, which label content as “false” or “altered,” is hit with probably the most dramatic distribution limits — thus ensuring it’s seen by the fewest people.
Threads, which was launched in July of last 12 months, has amassed a base of 275 million monthly users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last month.
The user base is 175% greater than the 100 million users that the corporate reported a 12 months ago. Zuckerberg told investors last month that Threads is signing up greater than 1 million users per day.
Meta rolled out Threads to compete with X, Musk’s social media platform which has an estimated 318 million monthly users, in line with market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
Left-leaning social media users are taking to Meta’s “Twitter killer” social media app Threads and posting conspiracy theories alleging that President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of a contest that was rife with fraud.
One conspiracy theory that has been gaining currency on the left alleges that distinguished Trump backer Elon Musk has utilized his Starlink web satellites to hack into voting machines and alter the outcomes.
“Are you f*ing kidding me?!?!?! Someone who’s openly campaining [sic] for one among the presidential parties is delivering the web connection to voting machines and say ‘he can hack EVERYTHING’ and this provides no reason for concern?!??!” wrote one user on Threads.
A pro-Harris poster on Threads wrote: “Multiple sources reveal that Starlink was involved in tabulating the votes. Starlink. Owned and controlled by Elon Musk. Who worked for the Trump campaign. Hello? Anyone?”
“I like how nobody from the press is talking about how Elon Musk just rigged the election,” a user under the handle alex.nick.jungle posted.
One other Threads user wrote: “Yooooo. Evidence of WIDESPREAD voter fraud & votes being thrown into the trash/woods and mysteriously going missing and being uncounted. This s–t is about to get crazy.”
Similar conspiracy theories have popped up on Musk’s own social media platform, X, in addition to on TikTok.
“Raise your hand in case you think Elon Musk’s Starlink was the ‘Little Secret’ to win or steal this election,” one X user wrote.
One Threads commenter noted the discrepancy between the elections leads to North Carolina, where a Democrat, Josh Stein, won the governor’s race by greater than 800,000 votes while Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris within the state by fewer than 200,000 votes.
The North Carolina races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state were all won by Democrats.
The success of Democrats in down-ballot races within the Tar-Heel State despite Trump’s victory there has fueled conspiracy theories online.
“Trump’s margin in NC relies ENTIRELY on under-votes,” one Threads user wrote. “This makes absolutely NO SENSE!”
One other Threads user couldn’t fathom that Trump handily won Iowa despite a last-minute poll by respected researcher Ann Selzer, which found Harris ahead within the state by three points.
“Ann seltzer [sic], the gold standard for poll watchers said Kamala was ahead in Iowa by 3points, and he or she loses it by 13? Odd things in all places were happening,” wrote the Threads user.
Taylor Lorenz, the previous Washington Post tech columnist, reported in her Substack newsletter that Threads users were widely sharing a post by someone named “Stephen Spoonamore,” a reputed tech expert who went by the moniker “liberal Q.”
In accordance with the widely shared post, a “full blown #fascist takeover is underway” after Trump supporters managed to “hack the tabulation machines.”
“Bear in mind these individuals are sociopaths who will kill you, they’ve done so to others, so act accordingly,” the post from “Spoonamore” warned.
“The suggestion that Threads is inundated or overrun with any such content belies reality,” a Meta spokesperson told The Post.
Meta uses independent fact-checkers that analyze posts which can be flagged by other users. Posts which can be deemed to be false will likely be assigned a rating.
Essentially the most severe rankings, which label content as “false” or “altered,” is hit with probably the most dramatic distribution limits — thus ensuring it’s seen by the fewest people.
Threads, which was launched in July of last 12 months, has amassed a base of 275 million monthly users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last month.
The user base is 175% greater than the 100 million users that the corporate reported a 12 months ago. Zuckerberg told investors last month that Threads is signing up greater than 1 million users per day.
Meta rolled out Threads to compete with X, Musk’s social media platform which has an estimated 318 million monthly users, in line with market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
