Blumenthal: Elon Musk Turned X into a ‘Cesspool of Hate Speech’
‘I encourage in fact I urge advertisers like IBM, which has done so to withdraw from X’
Nov 20, 2023 2:30 AM
By Grabien Staff
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BLUMENTHAL: "My reaction to Elon Musk's post was absolute abhorrence. His saying that this blatantly anti-Semitic comment was, quote, 'the actual truth' is sickening and chilling. And Elon Musk has turned X, formerly known as Twitter, into a cesspool of hate speech and extremist incitement. And I encourage, in fact, I urge advertisers like IBM, which has done so, to withdraw from X and to send a message to Elon Musk that hate has no place on this powerful megaphone. And as you know, the surge of anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, white supremacist, anti-Black sentiment on social media has been an incubator, in fact, an accelerant to more than just speech — action that constitutes hate crimes."