ADL CEO Responds To Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Threat: “I’ve Got To Do My Job, Which Is To Fight Hate”
https://deadline.com/2023/09/elon-mu...it-1235537815/
Over the weekend, Musk threatened to sue the ADL “to clear our platform’s name on the matter of anti-Semitism.” He accused the ADL of making “unfounded accusations” against Twitter/X that has scared off advertisers.
In a statement on Tuesday evening, Greenblatt noted that Musk “spent the weekend engaging with a highly toxic, antisemitic campaign on his platform — a campaign started by an unrepentant bigot that then was heavily promoted by individuals such as white supremacist Nick Fuentes, Christian nationalist Andrew Torba, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others.”
Greenblatt also noted an incident in which “masked men marched in Florida on Saturday brazenly waving flags adorned with swastikas and chanting ‘Ban the ADL.'”
Greenblatt told Phillip that the #BanTheADL hashtag was initiated after he met with Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, who has been trying to convince advertisers that the platform is a safe space. But a number of organizations have seen a rise in hate speech on the platform as Musk, Yaccarino’s boss, has reinstated accounts.