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Multi-trillion-dollar stock market swings on Monday appear to have been set off by false reports on Elon Musk's X. Experts say the episode highlights the social media site's enduring relevance, even as it helps amplify falsehoods.

How did it happen?

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[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

About a minute later, it was posted by the X account "Walter Bloomberg," which has more than 850,000 followers. Although the account is not affiliated with Bloomberg News, it often shares the news organization's headlines. The account's boosting of the false headline prompted chatter among CNBC analysts on live television about a possible 90-day reprieve from Trump's tariffs.

This ist the dumbest fucking timeline.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean? I get my news from John Fox and Peter Newsmaxx

[–] yoshman@lemmy.world 2 points 42 minutes ago

You got your laptop from Tim Apple, right?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

What was that they said during the stupid reddit thingy with stock markets? "It's not a casino"?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 17 minutes ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 38 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

It was a pump-and-dump scam, I'm almost sure of it.

Someone made millions off of that Xeet.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 19 minutes ago (1 children)

consider that profiting off volitility and lazyness is generally a good strategy.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 16 minutes ago

That's only works when you are running the OP, rest of us end up bag holding

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 10 hours ago

Someone made millions off of that Xeet.

I prefer to call them Xcrements

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 36 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

In statements to NPR, Reuters said it has withdrawn the incorrect report, blaming a headline published on CNBC. When asked for comment, CNBC said it "aired unconfirmed information in a banner," which it "quickly" corrected.

What in the absolute fuck?

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 22 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago

...by whom? A random Twitter user? CNBC? Reuters?

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah. Money is not lost in finance markets, it is redistributed. Reading any of this as random and/or unintentional is beyond naive.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Redistributed up.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

IDK, it wouldn't be the first time a news org published some random shit as fact because they're too eager to be the first to report on something.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/KTVU-producers-fired-over-Asiana-pilots-fake-4685627.php

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 59 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's kind of frightening that people who control that much capitol are apparently unaware that social media is not gospel truth.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 38 minutes ago

They probably care less about whether it is true, and more about whether they can get their buy in before everybody else.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 50 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Not just that, but "Reuters and CNBC reported it" as well. It snowballed from X to mainstream news then back to X again and back to people talking in "reputable" news again, again and again.

At this point I'm wondering just how much if any that mainstream for-profit media is any better than X at reporting anything at all.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 hours ago

It's not. Which is why I've barely paid any attention to it in my entire adult life.

[–] msage@programming.dev 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's the neat part.

Ever since 'journalism' has been reduced to reposting social media posts, there is very little reputation to be had.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

Perhaps especially after this.

[–] oxysis@lemm.ee 39 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

these are the people who are leading us into a recession… they fall for a fucking random tweet…

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Maybe it was deliberate cause it’s all a big game.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee -2 points 4 hours ago

You're so full of shit, this isn't a recession.

This is a proper depression, just like the last time people fucked with tariffs.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 13 points 14 hours ago

Do it again pls