The tech mogul said he was considering legal action after blaming the Anti-Defamation League for lost advertisers.
PrintElon Musk on Monday posted that he was against antisemitism and blamed the Anti-Defamation League for lost advertising revenue since his acquisition of X, formerly known as Twitter.
"If this continues, we will have no choice but to file a defamation suit against, ironically, the 'Anti-Defamation' League," Musk wrote."If they lose the defamation suit, we will insist that they drop the the 'anti' part of their name, since obviously …" An email to attorneys representing Musk and X asking whether a complaint has been drafted was not immediately returned.
The ADL said Monday that as a matter of policy it does not comment on legal threats. A spokesperson referred NBC News to a general statement the organization made in response to a recentthat maybe he should"run a poll" on the matter.
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