Elon Musk accused of endorsing anti-Semitic Twitter post as 'real truth'

Elon Musk also attacked the Anti-Defamation League, a group that campaigns against anti-Semitism. Photo: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Elon Musk is embroiled in a new anti-Semitic scandal after he was accused of endorsing a Twitter post saying Jews have «hate white people.»

In the post said: «Jewish communities promote exactly this kind of hatred.» dialectical hatred of whites, which they say they want people to stop using against them.”

Mr. Musk, the owner of the social media platform, responded: “You told the real truth.”

Mr. Musk, the owner of the social media platform, responded: “You told the real truth.” p> >

Twitter's billionaire CEO subsequently criticized the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a group that campaigns against anti-Semitism.

Mr Musk said the group was «unfairly attacking the majority of the West», adding: «I am deeply offended by the messages of the ADL and any other groups that de facto promote anti-white racism, anti-Asian racism or racism of any kind.»< /p>< p>Activists accused Musk of supporting anti-Semitic content.

Amy Spitalnick of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs said, “This increasingly normalized anti-Semitism is making us all less safe.”

Michael Edison Hayden of the group Hatewatch said Musk was promoting “legitimate white supremacist material.”

The ADL has called for an advertising boycott on Twitter, now known as X, over claims it fails to combat hate speech.

Mr Musk has been cut since taking over Twitter last year staff of moderators of the social network and restored thousands of accounts previously blocked for inciting hatred.

The billionaire also blamed ADL for a 60 percent drop in advertising sales and threatened to sue the organization for lost profits.

Accused by one user of generalizing about Jewish people in his criticism, Mr. Musk said it was “right that this does not apply to all Jewish communities, but it is not limited to just the ADL.”

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Mr. Musk also previously recommended that Twitter users follow an account that publishes news about the fighting in the Gaza Strip and promotes anti-Semitic content. He later deleted the tweet.

The billionaire previously said he was “for free speech, but against any kind of anti-Semitism.”

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