A journalist said Sunday her X account was suspended and links to a recent article of hers were blocked on the platform after she published a piece debunking online theories that an Elon Musk fan account was actually the billionaire himself.

Musk has also been caught using alt accounts before. In 2023, Musk posted a screenshot of an X account that showed one of his burner accounts. Journalists tracked down the account which used an avatar of Musk’s son and, like Dittmann, would often rush to the defense of Musk. That alt has since been suspended.

At some point after he became aware of the story, Musk's X reportedly banned Sweet's account for a month — allegedly for "doxing," according to Sweet — and she claims that links to the Spectator article about Dittman have been restricted across the site.

A Spectator journalist has been blocked on the social media platform X for debunking a theory that Elon Musk is the secret owner of a fawning sock puppet account. Since 2023, rumors have swirled that X user Adrian Dittmann,

A journalist claimed that her X account was suspended, and an article by her was blocked on the platform after she wrote a piece about online theories suggesting that an X account was secretly run by Elon Musk himself.