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US Election Fraud Conspiracy Theory Starlink 2024 refers to a conspiracy theory pretend that billionaire That of Elon Musk the company SpaceX manipulated the 2024 United States presidential election in favor of the president-elect Donald Trump using its Starlink satellite internet system. The theory claims that high-speed internet satellites were connected to the voting machine supply chain to benefit Trump, allowing millions of votes to be counted or altered for the Democratic candidate and vice president. Kamala Harris using a method like code switching, ultimately helping him win. Although several media outlets debunked the voter fraud conspiracy theory by pointing out that voting machines are generally not connected to the internet, the Starlink theory spread widely online in mid-November 2024 after the conclusion of the election fraud conspiracy theory. election, notably on TikTok, Reddit and X/Twitter.

Background

Discussions of the Starlink conspiracy theory emerged on November 8, 2024, from a tweet from @YourAnonNews about a strange statement by Trump and Elon that “fueled doubts about the integrity of elections”. The mentioned quote was said by Elon Musk on October 17, 2024, when he addressed Pennsylvania voters at the America PAC town hall, saying that voting machines could be vulnerable to hacking. The tweet (see below) garnered more than 55,000 likes and 14,000 reposts in five days.

on November 9, 2024, after TikTok user @etheria77 uploaded a 9-minute video alleging that an engineer told him that California and other swing states could use Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system “in order to count the votes”. She has since deleted the video, but @AesPolitics1 reposted it the same day (see below), garnering over 4 million views and 33,000 likes in two days.

Also on November 9, 2024, @etheria77 then reposted a video of meteorologist Todd Gross commenting on the fall of a few Starlink satellites after a rocket failure, in which she suggests that it was a cover-up aimed at destroying the satellites. The video (see below) has been viewed more than 55,000 times and 3,400 likes in two days.

Developments

Theories of missing votes

As the conspiracy theory linking Elon Musk’s Starlink company became popular online, some Internet users began claiming that satellites influenced millions of missing votes in the 2024 presidential election. For example, on November 10 2024, user had not been counted. The post (see below) garnered over 55,000 likes and 13,000 reposts in one day.

Media coverage

According to the tabloid Newsweek, Starlink’s interference in the US elections has spread mainly among left-wing conspiracy theorists. The website also mentions that voting machines are generally “not connected to the Internet” and that a few states are allowed to “use ballot scanners to transmit unofficial results using a mobile private network after the end of voting.” voting on Election Day and after memory cards containing vote tallies have been deleted.

The Telegraph wrote an article on November 11, 2024, claiming that conspiracy theories “falsely alleging that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network was used to manipulate the outcome” spread on social media using hashtags like that “TrumpCheated” were shared on Threads and X, while calls for recounts were shared with the phrase “SwingStateHandRecount.”

On November 10, 2024, PolitiFact also debunked Starlink satellites destroyed after election theory, writing that a particular satellite from Musk’s space company re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on November 10 and exploded but, according to experts, ” such inflows have been occurring almost daily in recent years and are not remarkable.”

Online reactions

The Starlink conspiracy theory has grown massively in the days since the end of the 2024 US presidential election, as some netizens have called for new elections and Elon Musk’s company complies with reports regarding ballots. For example, on November 10, 2024, user election so he can have nice things while inflicting pain on Americans. “. The twee garnered over 207,000 views and 7,600 likes in two days.

Editors also commented on the Starlink conspiracy theory, sharing screenshots and other alleged evidence of Elon Musk’s company’s election interference. For example, on November 9, 2024, user Fast_Block6353 posted a highlighted comment on @etheria77’s 9-minute video, writing: “There are millions of people with missing ballots, people saying their ballot vote was not shown as recorded on vote.org, there “It was Russian interference, bomb threats in democratic cities, ballot boxes destroyed in democratic cities.” The post (see below) received around 453 upvotes and 460 comments in three days.

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