Elon Musk shared a quote supposedly from French philosopher Voltaire on Saturday to make a joke about kids with leukemia. But it's completely fake.

A post online features French writer and philosopher Voltaire along with a purported quote by him. The quote is from an American white nationalist.

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie posted a quote online Sunday that ostensibly is from Voltaire, the 1700s-era French philosopher, but actually is a paraphrased statement from a man the Southern Poverty Law ...

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" is a paraphrase of words written by a neo-Nazi.

A quote shared on social sites is wrongly attributed to the French writer and philosopher Voltaire. White nationalist Kevin Alfred Strom penned the quote.

Twitter users on Saturday were quick to point out that a quote shared by CEO Elon Musk had been misattributed to Voltaire – when it had in fact originated with a neo-Nazi. The billionaire ...

A member of Congress on Sunday tweeted a quote from a neo-Nazi that was falsely attributed to Voltaire in an attempt to criticize the nation’s top infectious disease expert who is among the ...

The Kentucky Republican congressman Thomas Massie was under familiar fire on Monday, after criticising Anthony Fauci with a quote attributed to Voltaire but actually coined by a white supremacist ...

Quotes from Voltaire - Thoughts from the original French satirist. François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name or 'nom de plume' Voltaire, is being quoted profusely in the aftermath of the ...