Angelo Carusone, president of #MediaMatters, said in a statement, “This is a #FrivolousLawsuit meant to bully #X’s critics into silence.” He added that his org “stands behind its #reporting & looks forward to winning in court.”
On Mon night, #KenPaxton, the #Texas AG (recently nearly impeached), also announced that his office would open an investigation into #mmfa for “potential fraudulent activity.”
#ElonMusk #Musk #birdsite #FreePress #antisemitism #FirstAmendment #1A #law #StopHate4Profit
FFS
#X (aka #Twitter) Sues #MediaMatters Over #Research on #Ads Next to #Antisemitic Posts
X asked a federal court to order the advocacy group to take down its findings, accusing it of “manipulating the algorithms.”
(Irony is dead)
#ElonMusk #Musk #birdsite #FreePress #antisemitism #mmfa #media #FirstAmendment #1A #law #StopHate4Profit
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/technology/x-sues-media-matters-antisemitic-posts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“#X’s problem w/ #advertising comes as owner #ElonMusk praised the pernicious #antisemitic #ConspiracyTheory that #Jewish communities are supporting ‘hordes of minorities’ who are ‘flooding’ into the country to replace white people. #Musk’s endorsement is just the latest example of him embracing rhetoric & #ConspiracyTheories from the #FarRight fringes.
#Musk #antisemitism #birdsite #twitter #StopHate4Profit #WhiteChristianNationalism
Here’s the media matters article:
#X is placing ads for #Amazon, #NBAMexico, #NBCUniversal, & others next to content w/ #WhiteNationalist hashtags
#ElonMusk #antisemitism #birdsite #twitter #StopHate4Profit #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/x-placing-ads-amazon-nba-mexico-nbcuniversal-and-others-next-content-white-nationalist
Add #Disney to the list:
#Advertisers Flee #X as Outcry Grows Over #Musk’s Endorsement of #Antisemitic Post
#ElonMusk #antisemitism #birdsite #twitter #StopHate4Profit #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/technology/elon-musk-twitter-x-advertisers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#IBM said it will stop advertising on #X after a report from a media watchdog organization found that its ads had appeared on the #ElonMusk owned #socialmedia site alongside pro-#Nazi tweets.
#Musk #antisemitism #birdsite #twitter #StopHate4Profit #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/16/elon-musk-antisemitic-advertisers/
#Apple to pause #advertising on #X after #Musk backs #antisemitic post
via Ina Fried, axios
#ElonMusk #antisemitism #birdsite #twitter #x #StopHate4Profit #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/apple-twitter-x-advertising-elon-musk-antisemitism-ads
Related, #Musk is the only outlet willing to #platform the disgusting #TuckerCarlson’s #WhiteSupremacist views, here’s a HuffingtonPost article on his #antisemitism & #HateSpeech:
Carlson Argues Pro-Israel Donors Funded ‘White Genocide’
fmr #FoxNews host accuses the donors of “paying for” anti-white hate on campuses.
#ElonMusk #birdsite #twitter #x #StopHate4Profit #ConspiracyTheories
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-pro-israel-donors-white-genocide_n_6556863de4b05723e4bc7384
…WH spox Andrew Bates said Fri it was “unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of #Antisemitism in American history at any time,” referring to a 2018 shooting that killed 11 people at the #TreeOfLife #synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh gunman, who was sentenced to death in Aug, had shared a large amount of antisemitic content on social media leading up to the attack.
#ElonMusk #Musk #birdsite #twitter #x #StopHate4Profit #antisemitic #ConspiracyTheories
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