When Elon Musk took over social media giant Twitter and reinstated the free speech that had been squelched, the entities who wanted to control the media narrative were not happy.
Musk reinstated those who were blocked and announced that the platform would be dedicated to free speech. Clear notifications as to what is not allowed (terrorism, threats, etc) are plainly stated in the conditions when using Twitter, now renamed by Musk “X”.
The progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America recently published a report showing X displayed advertisements placed in proximity to “pro-Nazi” posts. Some of the posts proclaim “White Lives Matter”.
Tesla CEO and billionaire Musk is firing back, claiming Media Matters has deliberately misrepresented the actual user experience on X in order to harm the site.
Reacting to the liberal report, some major advertisers decided to remove all ads from X.
The battle is raging in posts on X:
“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,” Musk wrote in a post on X.
Musk continued, “Their board, their donors, their network of dark money, all of them…”
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 pic.twitter.com/55vl7PspaQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2023
In a statement, Media Matters president and CEO Angelo Carusone says that Musk’sresponse is confirmation.
“If he does sue us, we will win,” Carusone said.
.@GoAngelo statement pic.twitter.com/MBlkkzgO6H
— Media Matters (@mmfa) November 18, 2023
Companies that are taking exception to the content on X include IBM, Lionsgate, Disney, Paramount, NBC Universal, Oracle, Comcast and Apple, who are all suspending advertisement on the platform. Mediate reports that Musk appeared happy to see them leave, claiming to his followers, “many of the largest advertisers are the greatest oppressors of your right to free speech.”
AP reports that sokespeople for Comcast and NBCUniversal confirmed on Saturday that they have “paused” their advertising on X, but did not provide additional details on that decision.
AP continued that Oracle and Amazon did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment.
Though X Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino has tweeted that the company has been “extremely clear about our efforts to combat anti-semitism and discrimination. There’s no pace for it anywhere in the world – it’s ugly and wrong,” Musk is attacked when he exercises his analytical free speech thoughts on X.
On Wednesday Musk responded to a post regarding theories behind the motivation of the man who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. Musk is known for making controverial comments, and for his stand on free speech and the freedom to make those comments.
Last week Musk posted in response to a tweet, “You have said the actual truth.”
“The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel,” he continued in another post. “This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat,” he wrote, apparently referring to Palestinians and Arabs who have called for Jihad against Israel.
“It is not right and it needs to stop,” Musk added.
Then, in response to a critic who accused Musk and the original poster of generalizing the Jewish community, the billionaire conceded, “[T]his does not extend to all Jewish communities, but it is also not just limited to ADL.”
“And, at the risk of being repetitive, I am deeply offended by ADL’s messaging and any other groups who push de facto anti-white racism or anti-Asian racism or racism of any kind,” he wrote.
Musk has denied any anti-semitism, and says his comments are not directed at Jews in general, but at groups such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other unspecified Jewish groups.
However, the billionaire Tesla CEO, who has been feuding with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over its claims of rampant antisemitism on X, appeared to respond with agreement to a post that claimed Jewish communities have spread “hatred against whites.”
In another post on Wednesday, Musk voiced agreement with a commentator who posted that White people are not allowed “to be proud of their race” and that White people have been “brainwashed” into believing the “false narrative” that their history is “worse” than that of other races.
Proof of that assertion would be that exception is taken to the words “white Lives Matter” when the words “Black Lives Matter” are applauded by the same offended parties.
The surprise massacre on October 7 in Israel and the resulting retaliation that has spawned millions of pro-Hamas supporters around the world rising up in support of the massacre and against Israel has become a dividing line not just in culture and politics, but in regard to free speech.
Musk’s attempt to get to the root of the polorizing in discussion has him attacked by groups who appear to be against anti-semitism but are themselves progressive and playing a part in the polorization that now exists worldwide.
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