Elon Musk threatens to sue the organization that monitors the media

2023-11-18 21:50:36, Kosova & Bota CNA

Elon Musk threatened on Saturday to sue media watchdog Media Matters and others who attacked his social media platform X, after several major US companies decided to ban ads on the network that appeared alongside anti-Semitic material. .

Mr. Musk and Company X have been in the spotlight this week for anti-Semitic and racist material that has spread on the network since he bought it in 2022.

The liberal media watchdog Media Matters for America said earlier this week that it had discovered that ads from IBM, Apple and others were placed alongside material supporting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Mr. Musk on Wednesday supported an anti-Semitic post on the X Network that alleged members of the Jewish community were fueling hatred of whites. His action was met with harsh criticism, including from the White House.

"As soon as court opens on Monday, Corporation X will file a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and all those who cooperated in this fraudulent attack on our company," Mr. Musk wrote on the X Network, without saying who the other parties were. included.

Multiple companies suspended their ads over the past two days, including IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Comcast, Lions Gate Entertainment and Paramount Global. According to the Axios website, Apple, the world's most valuable company, will do the same.

"This week Media Matters for America published an article that completely misrepresents the experience at X, in another attempt to undermine freedom of expression and defraud advertising companies," Musk said in a statement. He accused the organization "Media Matters" of creating an alternative version to "misinform advertisers" about their published materials.

The organization "Media Matters" said on Saturday that Mr. Musk attacks and threatens with "groundless lawsuits".

"Musk acknowledged that the ads in question appeared alongside pro-Nazi material identified by us," said Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters.

Mr. Musk has threatened legal action in the past, specifically the Anti-Defamation League, a non-profit organization that fights anti-Semitism, accusing it of losing advertising revenue to the social network X. However, he has yet to file a lawsuit. lawsuit against this organization.

The White House on Friday condemned Mr. Musk's support for what it called an abhorrent anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, and accused Mr. Musk of "revolting support for anti-Semitic and racist hatred" that "contradicts our fundamental values ??as Americans." ".

Mr. Musk is also the executive director of the Tesla company, against which several lawsuits have been filed with accusations of continuous racism and sexual harassment against employees.

Anti-Semitism has been on the rise in recent years in the United States and beyond. Since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which attacked Israel on October 7, anti-Semitic incidents in the United States have increased by nearly 400% from a year ago, according to the Anti-Defamation League./ VOA