Elon Musk

November 28, 2023, 10:59 am

OPINION: Musk makes a virtue out of creating a safe space for racists

Chief executive the Center for Countering Digital Hate says Elon Musk's words and deeds have fallen short of the minimum standard expected of the owner of the world’s most influential social media platform

By Imran Ahmed

Elon Musk looks at a business summit at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris, May 15, 2023. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

November 24, 2023, 4:04 pm

Elon Musk to donate X ad revenues to Israeli hospitals and Gaza aid groups

Announcement made on his site comes after a catalogue of major brands pulled their ads over claims they appeared next to pro-Nazi content

By Candice Krieger

TIKTOK (Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash)

November 23, 2023, 10:40 am

OPINION: Big tech is hiding behind the free speech mantra

AI ought to offer the tools to kill internet hate. It won’t because the tech tribes have no interest in interrupting traffic, writes Alex Brummer

By Alex Brummer

November 21, 2023, 9:13 am

Elon Musk sues media watchdog over report on X’s ‘pro-Nazi content’

The platform has witnessed an exodus of major advertisers after Media Matters published a report saying they were running beside content supporting Nazism

By Candice Krieger

November 18, 2023, 8:19 pm

Musk threatens to file ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ after advertisers cut ties with X

IBM and The European Commission among those to pull ads from the site after media watchdog revealed they were being placed alongside antisemitic content

By Candice Krieger

November 18, 2023, 10:41 am

OPINION: Where is the female cry for Hamas’s sexually abused?

The UN, feminist groups and academics speak up for women everywhere, but not women in Israel

By Brigit Grant

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, at podium, joining District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, at left, in filing a lawsuit against the groups that allegedly organized the insurrection at the Capitol, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 14, 2021. (Ralph Alswang)

October 6, 2023, 2:15 pm

Anti-Defamation League to resume advertising on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) after weeks of his attacks

The ADL says it still “has a serious issue with anti-semites and other extremists using these platforms to push their hateful ideas and, in some cases, bully Jewish and other users.”

By Ben Sales (JTA)

Elon Musk. (SOPA Images/Design by Grace Yagel)

September 29, 2023, 10:29 am

Elon Musk, in live chat with Jewish leaders, insists antisemitism isn’t an issue on X

The billionaire tech mogul added that antisemitic posts should not be deplatformed, but should instead be met with “counterpoints".

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

September 27, 2023, 10:06 am

More than 120 Jewish activists call on advertisers and app stores to drop Twitter/X

“We have watched in horror as a new stage in antisemitic discourse has spread like wildfire on one of America’s largest social media networks,” the activist say.

By Ron Kampeas (JTA)

A still from a since-deleted X/Twitter ad campaign in which a tweet criticizing Elon Musk for "blaming it all on the Jews" can be seen, Sept. 21, 2023. (Screenshot via Twitter)

September 26, 2023, 9:17 am

X made an ad for itself — and showcased a post pillorying Musk for ‘blaming it all on the Jews’

“Twitter’s value has fallen by at least 50%, and Elon is blaming it all on the Jews,” the post said.

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

Prime Minister Netanyahu and wife Sara meeting Elon Musk in the U.S. September 19, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)

September 21, 2023, 4:25 pm

OPINION: Musk, technocide and this latest evil fantasy

We need to fight insidious fantasies about Jews because they have grave consequences, writes Alex Hearn

By Alex Hearn

September 19, 2023, 8:05 am

Netanyahu talks antisemitism, AI and judicial overhaul with Elon Musk

Netanyahu attacked the New York Times for its "fantastic, obsessive campaign" of the judicial reforms, but admitted that the original reform proposal was "bad" and a "mistake."

By Jotam Confino in Israel

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter.)

September 5, 2023, 1:49 pm

Elon Musk threatens to sue the Anti-Defamation League over lost revenue on X

Musk said the ADL had “falsely accused” both him and the X platform of being antisemitic, causing a substantial drop in the platform’s advertising revenue as a result.

September 4, 2023, 12:33 pm

Musk claims ADL are ‘biggest generators of antisemitism’ on Twitter

Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform he now calls X, launches attack on the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

By Lee Harpin

August 3, 2023, 3:19 pm

Musk-owned Twitter now hosts two thirds of online Jew hate

Community Security Trust's latest half-yearly figures show a slight drop overall but incidents involving tweets and children are on the up

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