Ex-Twitter employees ran "Fauci Fan Club"

The head of Twitter, Elon Musk, revealed that former employees of the social media company had a Slack channel titled “Fauci Fan Club” — in reference to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

Musk tweeted the claim in a thread that was highly critical of Fauci. He accused him of lying about so-called “gain-of-function” research that some suggest played a role in the pandemic.

“Despite these glaring issues, Twitter nonetheless had an internal Slack channel unironically called ‘Fauci Fan Club,’ ” Musk tweeted late Tuesday. He did not go into detail on how many employees participated in the Slack channel.