The White Home on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a “hideous” antisemitic lie on his social media web site X this week, calling it an “abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate” that “runs in opposition to our core values as Individuals.”
“It’s unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind essentially the most deadly act of antisemitism in American historical past at any time, not to mention one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish folks for the reason that Holocaust,” White Home spokesperson Andrew Bates stated, responding to Musk’s put up on Wednesday and referring to Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel.
Representatives for Musk or X couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon the White Home assertion.
X earlier declined to touch upon Musk’s put up, which endorsed a put up that falsely claimed members of the Jewish group had been stoking hatred in opposition to white folks. X CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote on Thursday: “In the case of this platform — X has additionally been extraordinarily clear about our efforts to fight antisemitism and discrimination. There isn’t any place for it anyplace on this planet — it is ugly and mistaken. Full cease.”
IBM stated on Thursday it had instantly suspended all promoting on X after a report discovered its adverts had been positioned subsequent to content material selling Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Social gathering.
Advertisers have fled the positioning since Musk purchased it in October 2022 and lowered content material moderation, leading to a pointy rise in hate speech on X, civil rights teams have stated. And massive buyers in Tesla have condemned Musk and have even referred to as for him to be suspended as CEO.
Antisemitism has been on the rise in recent times in the US and worldwide. Following the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas after final month’s assault, antisemitic incidents in the US rose by almost 400% from the year-earlier interval, in line with the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit that fights antisemitism.