In an exclusive interview, Elon Musk revealed that he sometimes masqueraded as his toddler son on Twitter X with a secret account.

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The tech billionaire said that the account was used to interact with prominent figures and make posts that seemed to be from his son.“I briefly used this account as a test account,” Musk said during the deposition which was made public on Monday and first obtained by HuffPost.

What Happened: Musk confirmed the use of the account, @ErmnMusk, during a March 27 deposition for a defamation lawsuit against him for falsely implicating a 22-year-old Jewish man in a neo-Nazi brawl in Oregon, despite the man not being present at the scene.

See Also: Elon Musk Promises Major Purge' To Wipe Off Overwhelming Explosion Of Adult Content On X

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