Snopes Changes Rating From ‘True’ to ‘False’ on Rumor Musk Was Somehow to Blame for Missing Titanic Sub

Fact-checking website Snopes changed a rating from “True” to “Unproven” to “False” over the course of a day, in an article about Elon Musk and the Starlink satellite system being a factor in the disappearance of a submersible with five passengers that was set to explore the wreck of the Titanic.

After communication with a submersible carrying five people was cut off (a story that continues to develop), the missing deep sea vessel was major news but quickly became a football in various ways on political Twitter. Donald Trump Jr. was in the vanguard of floating conspiracy theories about the missing vehicle, but in the blame game many on the other side of the aisle were quick to point a finger at Musk.