Elon Musk and the ADL

[jsteele]

There have been a number of reports arguing that anti-Semitism on Twitter increased significantly after Elon Musk purchased the social medial network. Here is one example:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/20/antisemitic-tweets-soared-twitter-after-musk-took-over-study-finds/

Note that Musk is suing the organization that produced the report.

Understandably, the ADL has been concerned about such an increase and attempting to work with Twitter/X to combat it. In late August, X CEO Linda Yaccarino met with ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to discuss the issue. Both Yaccarino and Greenblatt praised the meeting:

This inspired a number of the Nazis that Musk has allowed back on Twitter to start complaining to Musk. Musk, who seems to be influenced by the worst corners of X/Twitter, bought their argument and began a series of tweets criticizing the ADL. Musk continually escalated his tweets t the point that he actually accused the ADL of trying to kill X/Twitter:



This eventually reached the point of Musk threatening to sue the ADL for defamation:



This is quite an extraordinary situation and shows how the Overton window has slide on the topic of anti-Semitism. If you will remember, early in the Musk era of Twitter, Kanye West was suspended from Twitter because of anti-Semitism. West was recently allowed back on the platform. In the meantime, Musk has been platforming and promoting Nazis. Now he is arguably engaging in anti-Semitism himself, scapegoating Jews for his own failures.

[Anonymous]

The ADL is an anti-white hate organization so they need to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ADL is an anti-white hate organization so they need to go.

I'm white and the ADL has no problem with me. Try again.

[Anonymous]

Jonathan Greenblatt is no Abe Foxman.

[Anonymous]

Putting ADL's future on Twitter/X up for a vote only among blue checkmarks. What could go wrong?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:The ADL is an anti-white hate organization so they need to go.

You are an anti-Semite. Please leave this website and never come back.

[Anonymous]

Elon is all over the place. He’s so bipolar.

He’s claiming the ADL is responsible for the fall in advertising on Twitter:

And now the ADL is allegedly a leftist organization:

Musk is unhinged.

[Anonymous]

Did Elon Musk just blame "the Jews" for destroying Twitter?? OMFG!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ADL is an anti-white hate organization so they need to go.

I'm white and the ADL has no problem with me. Try again.

Same here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did Elon Musk just blame "the Jews" for destroying Twitter?? OMFG!

This was a good prediction from November

[Anonymous]

So… not quite a year before Musk blamed the Jews for his failure.
😒

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So… not quite a year before Musk blamed the Jews for his failure.
😒

Does he know about their Space Lasers? His rocket ships are doomed!

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ADL is an anti-white hate organization so they need to go.

You are grossly misinformed.

[Anonymous]

I think it's going to be a tough case for Elon to win, because they will have to demonstrate that the ADL acted which actual malice and the intent to harm the company, and motivation can be difficult to prove in any circumstance.

They will both have to provide evidence of the claim that anti-Semitism increased or didnt increase on the platform. I suspect that Elon is trying to force both sides to present their data for the record, and that he is confident the data doesn't show what ADL claims.
Data and statistics are pretty easy to skew depending on how you slice the information. So although this is probably a way for Elon to present his case to the public on the record, I am not confident it will actually settle the issue either way.