Elon Musk and another scandal that could have been avoided if he had stayed quiet

The mass exodus of advertisers from X began after Elon Musk commented on an anti-Semitic post that claimed Jews were inciting hatred against whites. Billionaire wrote: “You told the truth”. At the same time, Media Matters published a study proving, with the help of screenshots and videos, that advertisers’ posts appeared alongside Nazi tweets praising Hitler.

In these screenshots, you can see posts from Nazi accounts, as well as ads from Apple, Oracle, IBM and other companies.

Against the background of accusations that he supports anti-Semitism, Elon Musk declared his opposition to any manifestations of racism and tried to get out of this situation, but the snowball has already rolled. First to announce the termination of advertising campaigns (and therefore the withdrawal of funds):

• Apple.
• IBM.
• Disney.
• Lionsgate.
• Warner Bros.
• Extraordinary.
• Discovery.
• Comcast/NBC Universal.

Then on Mask’s page A post appeared Premium+ with paid subscription ads.

Premium+ also has no ads in your feed. Many of the biggest advertisers are the ones who suppress your right to freedom of expression the most.
He wrote.

The media and users hyped this issue so much that the official X page had to do it. to approve about this situation. On Monday, when the courts opened, he says, “X Corp will file a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and ALL individuals who conspired in this fraudulent attack on our company.”. At the same time, the title of this manifesto demands to “stay at aimed at specific groups of people.

It is worth noting that this is not the first time advertisers have stopped paying money to the social network by pausing their campaigns. Since Musk’s leadership, various journalistic studies have reported an increase in the amount of hate speech on the platform. Last time, Apple, as the biggest advertiser, also effectively led this mass exodus, but then backtracked when Musk met with Tim Cook and assured him that the company had adequate measures in place to curb hate speech. Will Tim Cook believe it this time?