--- description: In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Elon Musk just deleted his SpaceX and Tesla Facebook pages title: Elon Musk Just Deleted His SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84fc04a5c2c8e577/69892bc6db29874b5425f321/elon-musk-deletes-facebook-pages.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Elon Musk Just Deleted His SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Accounts by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2018 5:10 PM CUT  CEO of Tesla and Space X Elon Musk attends the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. CEO of Tesla and Space X Elon Musk attends the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo by Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2018 5:10 PM CUT Following calls to delete Facebook in the aftermath of the company’s [Cambridge Analytica scandal](http://time.com/5205314/facebook-cambridge-analytica-breach/ "undefined"), Elon Musk just deleted his companies’ SpaceX and Tesla Facebook pages. Musk claimed he wasn’t even aware the verified pages for SpaceX and Tesla existed until someone mentioned it on Twitter. In response to WhatsApp founder Brian Acton calling on people to “#deletefacebook,” Musk chimed in asking what Facebook was before taking down the verified pages for his companies. > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977209817012977665) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977215954349211650) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977211923719598086) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977216157080993793) It also appears Musk deleted Tesla’s Solar City Facebook page. Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have had issues before. In 2016, [a SpaceX rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad,](http://time.com/4476416/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-rocket-explosion-satellite/ "undefined") which destroyed a Facebook satellite in the process. The satellite was being used by Facebook as part of the company’s plan to bring Internet to parts of Africa. “As I’m here in Africa, I’m deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX’s launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to so many entrepreneurs and everyone else across the continent,” Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook at the time. Musk addressed the incident, saying he took responsibility and gave Facebook a free launch to make up for it. > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/977216799354728448) The calls to delete Facebook grew loud after news broke that research firm Cambridge Analytica received data on 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge. Cambridge Analytica, which claimed to help get [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5210793/donald-trump-china-tariff/ "undefined") elected, said it deleted the information, but [reports surfaced](http://time.com/5210017/facebook-cambridge-analytica-transparency-users-business/ "undefined") earlier this week that it was not deleted. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5212921/elon-musk-deletes-facebook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5212921/elon-musk-deletes-facebook/"},"headline":"Elon Musk Just Deleted His SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Accounts","datePublished":"2018-03-23T17:10:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:51:41.388Z","description":"'What's Facebook?'","url":"https://time.com/5212921/elon-musk-deletes-facebook/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84fc04a5c2c8e577/69892bc6db29874b5425f321/elon-musk-deletes-facebook-pages.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84fc04a5c2c8e577/69892bc6db29874b5425f321/elon-musk-deletes-facebook-pages.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","caption":"2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","creditText":"Photo by Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5212921/elon-musk-deletes-facebook/","name":"Elon Musk Just Deleted His SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Accounts"}}]}] ```