“Oh, what an irony”
Musk threatens Jewish organization with lawsuit
09/05/2023 4:13 p.m
For years, the Jewish anti-racism organization Anti-Defamation League has accused Service X of spreading anti-Semitic hate speech. Now X owner Elon Musk is turning the tables. He blames the organization for existing revenue problems and threatens to sue.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has blamed the Jewish anti-racism organization Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for lost revenue from online service X, formerly known as Twitter, and threatened to sue them. “In order to clear our platform’s name on anti-Semitism, it seems we have no choice but to sue the Anti-Defamation League for libel…Oh, how ironic,” Musk wrote on the platform.
“According to feedback from advertisers, ADL appears to be responsible for the majority of our revenue losses,” the billionaire explained. The ADL could potentially be responsible for destroying half of the company’s value, “that’s about $22 billion.”
“Advertisers shy away from controversy, so all the ADL needs to do is make baseless allegations to wipe out our advertising revenue in the US and Europe,” Musk said. This “controversy” is causing “advertisers to take a ‘pause,’ but that pause is permanent until the ADL gives the green light, and they won’t do that without our consent, covertly covertly any account they don’t like.” banned or banned,” Musk explained.
For years, the ADL has accused the platform of spreading anti-Semitic hate speech. Controversial businessman Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion last October and has since pushed ahead with the company’s restructuring. He introduced new fees and shut down the moderation of the content distributed there, which led to a collapse in advertising revenue. In addition, Twitter accounts of controversial users that had previously been shut down were reactivated, including that of ex-US President Donald Trump. In late July, Musk changed Twitter’s name to X.
About a month ago, the company took legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The international non-governmental organization fights against the spread of hate, racism and homophobia on the Internet.