Billionaire blames the civil rights group's analysis of hate speech on X for the social platform's falling ad revenue.
roughly 60% since his formal takeover of the platform in October of 2022, is"primarily due to pressure on advertisers" by the ADL. "If this continues, we will have no choice but to file a defamation suit against, ironically, the 'Anti-Defamation' League," Musk said.
Musk's threats to sue the ADL come after a campaign called #BanTheADL trended on X this weekend. Musk engaged with the campaign, which calls for the group's account on X to be banned, and The ADL said it normally doesn't comment on legal threats, but in a statement shared with CBS MoneyWatch on Tuesday it addressed the campaign to remove its account from X. "ADL is unsurprised yet undeterred that antisemites, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and other trolls have launched a coordinated attack on our organization," an ADL spokesperson said."Such insidious efforts don't daunt us." The ADL has flagged a surge in bullying and antisemitic posts on X following the billionaire's acquisition of the social network last year. After buying Twitter, Musksuch as Babylon Bee and Andrew Tate that previously were banned for publishing content that violated the platform's hate speech policies before Musk acquired it. Since then, Musk has also rolled back rules that removed"violative hateful content" on the platform, the ADL said in a June
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