Following weeks during which Elon Musk has attacked the Anti-Defamation League and threatened to sue it for billions of dollars, the Jewish civil rights group announces that it will resume advertising on X, the social media platform Musk owns.
In a statement on Wednesday, the ADL says X, along with similar sites, still “has a serious issue with antisemites and other extremists using these platforms to push their hateful ideas and, in some cases, bully Jewish and other users.”
But the group cites declarations by the leadership of X, which Musk renamed from Twitter, that it would combat antisemitism.
Musk has had live-streamed conversations recently with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as a group of largely right-leaning Jewish men in which he spoke out against antisemitism while also emphasizing his commitment to free speech.
Also last week, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said the platform is taking steps to counter antisemitism.
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