Elon Musk has declared his intention to file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters and other entities. This comes in response to several major U.S. companies suspending their ads on his social media platform due to concerns about antisemitic content.
Media Matters’ a media watchdog’ reported earlier this week that advertisements from prominent companies such as IBM’ Apple’ Oracle’ and Comcast’s Xfinity were appearing alongside antisemitic content on Musk’s platform. This content included praise for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. As a result’ several technology and media giants’ including Warner Brothers’ Paramount’ and Disney’ announced their decision to withdraw their advertising.
In a post on X’ Elon Musk’ the tech giant’ stated’ “The split second court opens on Monday’ X Corp will be filing a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and ALL those who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company.” Elon Musk’s statement follows his agreement with a false post on X’ claiming that Jewish people were fueling hatred against white people. He endorsed the user’s reference to the “great replacement” conspiracy theory’ stating that the user was speaking “the actual truth.”
Elon Musk to file “thermonuclear lawsuit” as advertisers desert X
Tech giant Elon Musk on Saturday stated in a post on his social media platform X’ formerly known as Twitter’ that anyone who uses the slogan from the river to the sea and the word decolonisation will be suspended.
According to Elon Musk’ these words and phrases are anti-Semitic and lead to an increased hatred towards Jews. He reposted his previous tweet in which he says that the term decolonisation’ necessarily implies a Jewish genocide thus it is unacceptable to any reasonable person.
As I said earlier this week, “decolonization”, “from the river to the sea” and similar euphemisms necessarily imply genocide.
Clear calls for extreme violence are against our terms of service and will result in suspension. https://t.co/1fCFo5Lezb
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2023
While reposting the tweet’ he wrote: As I said earlier this week decolonisation from the river to the sea and similar euphemisms necessarily imply genocide. Clear calls for extreme violence are against our terms of service and will result in suspension.
Elon Musk accused Media Matters of misrepresenting the experience on X’ undermining freedom of speech’ and misleading advertisers. In a subsequent post on X’ Musk announced stringent measures’ stating that anyone using the slogan from the river to the sea and the term decolonisation would face suspension. Musk considers these words and phrases to be anti-Semitic’ fostering increased hatred towards Jews.
Reiterating his stance’ Elon Musk reposted a tweet claiming that the term decolonisation implies Jewish genocide’ deeming it unacceptable. He emphasized X’s commitment to protecting free speech’ stating’ “Above everything’ including profit’ X works to protect the public’s right to free speech.” Despite the controversy surrounding his tweet’ Musk did not directly address the criticism or allegations of antisemitism.
Apple’ one of X’s significant advertisers’ had reportedly spent up to $100 million a year on the platform as of November 2022. Since Elon Musk’s acquisition’ there has been a decline in X advertisers and user numbers’ coupled with the introduction of a paid premium system targeting bots.
The White House expressed condemnation for Elon Musk’s tweet’ labeling it an “abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate” conflicting with American core values. The controversy arose after Musk backed an anti-Semitic post’ prompting leading brands to suspend advertisements on X.
The article delves into the historical context of the slogan “From the river to the sea’” highlighting its origin as a Palestinian call for the liberation of occupied territories. This slogan has been a point of contention’ with Palestinians asserting their right to their land’ while the West and Israel view its use as anti-Semitic. The ongoing situation adds a layer of complexity to the broader issues surrounding Musk’s social media platform and its impact on free speech.
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