---
title: "Elon Musk, Customer Service Rep Extraordinaire, Just Deleted the Facebook Pages for SpaceX and Tesla, on Request (Seriously)"
description: "After Facebook's recent data scandal, Elon Musk seems to be the latest public figure to heed the call to delete accounts on the social media site."
date: "2018-03-23"
modified: "2018-03-23"
authors:
  - name: "Alexandra Ossola"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alexo"
url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-delete-facebook-spacex-and-tesl-zuckerberg-beef"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Tesla"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "facebook"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "tesla"
---

# Elon Musk, Customer Service Rep Extraordinaire, Just Deleted the Facebook Pages for SpaceX and Tesla, on Request (Seriously)

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/spacex-musk.png>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/4334979070" target="\_blank"\>Michelle Andonian/SpaceX /Emily Cho\</a\>\</em\>*

*Updated 3/23 at 1:38 PM*

Elon Musk just took a stand—a substantial one that's a giant shot across the bow of Facebook, and a statement Musk's rabid base of acolytes may or may not take a cue from: In light of the [data-gathering scandal](<https://futurism.com/abuse-facebook-data-cambridge>) that has rocked Facebook over the past week, Musk just dropped the hammer, and deleted the official pages for Tesla and SpaceX from the Book of Face.

It started when Musk played around on Twitter, randomly responding to Signal founder Brian Acton's Tweet about deleting Facebook:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977209817012977665

Someone called Musk out for making light of the situation.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977211923719598086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Felonmusk%2Fstatus%2F977211923719598086

And Musk, as he's wont to do, (A) trolled Facebook, (B) called this random Twitter user's bluff, and (C) wiped Space X and Tesla from Facebook:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977215954349211650

Indeed, Musk seems to have lived up to his promise. Searching for Tesla on Facebook now reveals just lame stuff about the scientist:

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-12.36.41-PM-300x231.png>)

And a search for SpaceX reveals a number of pages, though none seems to be official:

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-12.38.05-PM-300x281.png>)

Contrition from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg [doesn't seem to be enough](<https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-facebook-cambridge-analytica>) to regain Musk's trust (to say nothing of a previous beef they once had in which [Zuck once blamed Musk](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977216799354728448>) for ruining some of his property).

As usual, Musk wins:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977217002564546560

If you're fearing where you'll get your next Elon fix, check his [Twitter](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk>) and [Instagram](<https://www.instagram.com/elonmusk/?hl=en>).

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977236378105798656

Clearly, Musk won't be wiping himself from the web any time soon. Those accounts are never not going.

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