Elon Musk Contemplates Lawsuit Against ADL
Sept. 5, 2023 (EIRNS)—Elon Musk, owner of the platform X (Twitter), has threatened to not only ban the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from his platform, but has also reported that he had “no choice” but to file a defamation lawsuit against the advocacy group, which previously called on companies to stop advertising on the social media platform, claiming Musk has failed to clamp down on hate speech since his takeover of Twitter last year, allowing disinformation to proliferate—something Mr. Musk strongly denies.
Musk issued several tweets: “To clear our platform’s name on the matter of anti-Semitism, it looks like we have no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League … oh the irony!” (SOURCE)
“Since the acquisition, The @ADL has been trying to kill this platform by falsely accusing it & me of being anti-Semitic.” (SOURCE)
“Our US advertising revenue is still down 60%, primarily due to pressure on advertisers by @ADL (that’s what advertisers tell us), so they almost succeeded in killing X/Twitter!”
Zero Hedge [REPORTED HERE] today that the ADL has put pressure on X to deplatform popular anti-woke account Libs of TikTok, which is run by a conservative Jewish woman, Chaya Raichik. Musk reports that her account has nothing to do with anti-semitism, “which is their supposed charter.”
A #BanTheADL began circulating on the social media platform after a meeting last Thursday between ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and X’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino. “I had a very frank + productive conversation with @LindayaX yesterday about @X, what works and what doesn’t, and where it needs to go to address hate effectively on the platform. I appreciated her reaching out and I’m hopeful the service will improve. @ADL will be vigilant,” Greenblatt [POSTED HERE] after the meeting.
Zero Hedge notes: “News of the potential lawsuit comes after news broke that X is still down around 60% in US ad revenue as the ADL continues to put pressure on its advertisers to avoid the social media platform,” which one estimate puts the loss to X of as much as $4 billion.
Musk wrote: “Advertisers avoid controversy, so all that is needed for ADL to crush our US & European ad revenue is to make unfounded accusations. They have much less power in Asia, so our ad revenue there is still strong.”
Zero Hedge also writes: “Musk also suggested that X will expose—Twitter-Files-esque—the ADL’s requests to ban and censor X accounts it deems anti-Semitic next week, prompting a hashtag for #TheADLFiles….”
