Elon Musk expresses regret for endorsing antisemitic post but swears at advertisers boycotting X over it
Speaking at a New York Times event, the mogul also claimed Jewish groups have funded Hamas and called himself “philosemitic"
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Fast Forward Elon Musk says he’ll donate X ad revenue to hospitals in Israel and Gaza as advertisers flee over antisemitism
Musk did not detail his donation plans. He has faced blowback for endorsing antisemitic content and failing to curb Hamas material
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Fast Forward Why ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt is praising Elon Musk as advertisers flee X over antisemitism
Greenblatt condemned Musk’s promotion of an antisemitic conspiracy theory, then praised him a day later for “fighting hate"
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Opinion I’m an ADL advisory board member. The CEO’s tweet appeasing Elon Musk is dangerous
Giving a pass to someone who amplifies white nationalist rhetoric undermines ADL's credibility
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Fast Forward IBM pulls its ads from Twitter/X after Elon Musk calls an antisemitic post the ‘actual truth’
This was Musk's most explicit endorsement of antisemitism to date
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Fast Forward Elon Musk on antisemitic great replacement theory post: ‘You have said the actual truth’
The X CEO posted approvingly of a dangerous canard
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Fast Forward X reportedly paid Holocaust-denying account $3,000 in ad revenue
An account that appears to violate X's policies around violent speech shared screenshots documenting revenue earned through the platform
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