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#ElonMusk’s threat to #sue the #ADL extends platform’s war of words
Since buying #Twitter last year, Elon #Musk has developed a seeming obsession w/the Anti-Defamation League.
Over the past several days, the owner of #X …has posted at least 25 times about the ADL, a #nonprofit #Jewish group that fights #antisemitism.
#StopHate4Profit #HateSpeech #Privilege
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/09/07/elon-musk-anti-defamation-league/
His fixation grew Mon, when #Musk threatened to sue the group — initially for $4B, & subsequently up to $22B — claiming the org’s criticism of his #management of #X has led to a 60% drop in #advertising #revenue. In 1 post, he said the #ADL was “trying to kill this platform.”
It all began in Nov when the ADL called on #advertisers to pause their #spending on the site “until it becomes clear whether #Twitter remains committed to being a safe place for advertisers as well as #society overall.”
The ADL itself resumed #advertising on the site a few months later.
On Wednesday, a spox confirmed to Religion News Service that the ADL again halted any spending on advertising on #X as of this weekend.
#Musk may also be aggrieved by an #ADL report issued in May that found “an increase in #antisemitic content on the platform & a decrease in the #moderation of antisemitic #posts.”
That report cited the platform’s decision to #reinstate influential #users it had once #banned because of #posts deemed #antisemitic, which resulted in some 5,000 #conspiracy-laden #antisemitic posts. Those posts included #disinformation about George Soros & the Rothschild banking family, often repeating long-standing #ConspiracyTheories about #Jews controlling #global #politics, #finance & #media, as well as statements about Jews pushing a radical agenda to destroy “the West.”
After #X’s new CEO, #LindaYaccarino, met w/ #ADL’s chief exec, #JonathanGreenblatt, last month in an effort to improve relations, some X users launched a campaign w/the hashtag “BantheADL”.
Jake Shields, whose bio on X IDs him as a “mixed martial arts champion & #RightWing #extremist,” led the charge. “Let’s get this trending to help wake the masses of how evil they truly are,” Shields posted.
The hashtag soon became a top trending topic, & on Fri, #Musk “liked” a post supporting the campaign.
At 1 point, #Musk suggested #X “run a poll” on whether to #ban the #ADL….
At the same, Musk denied any personal #antisemitism.…
#Greenblatt responded in a stmnt: “It is profoundly disturbing that #ElonMusk spent the weekend engaging w/a highly #toxic, #antisemitic campaign on his platform — a campaign started by an unrepentant #bigot that then was heavily promoted by individuals such as #WhiteSupremacist Nick Fuentes, #ChristianNationalist Andrew Torba, #conspiracy theorist Alex Jones & others.”
#Greenblatt called #Musk’s threat of a #lawsuit “#frivolous” & said Musk’s behavior was #reckless & #dangerous, coming 2 weeks ahead of the #Jewish High Holidays.
The Forward, a daily Jewish publication, has since recently started a running list of Musk’s “disturbing comments.”
#Antisemitism #ADL #X #birdsite #WhiteChristianNationalism #privilege #StopHate4Profit
https://forward.com/news/550035/elon-musk-disturbing-comments-jews/
