Fact Checking a Viral Claim About Elon Musk

A digitally altered social media post falsely attributes a quotation from George Orwell’s famous novella Animal Farm to Elon Musk.

The post, which was shared by the verified “Being Liberal” account on Instagram, contains a screenshot of a Fox News Facebook post with the quote “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others” and attributes the line to Musk. 

The actual Fox News post, which promotes an article about Twitter suspending the accounts of several journalists, includes a quote from Musk about posting real-time location information.