The lawsuit claims Media Matters manipulated algorithms to create images of advertisers’ paid posts next to racist or incendiary content.
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Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit focused on online extremism and disinformation, identified 200 posts that promoted antisemitism and other forms of hate speech.
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Tesla investors call for changes after Musk’s antisemitic post
Investors may not go as far as saying they would reduce their holdings in the company, but many said they were taken aback after Musk agreed with a post that said Jewish people hold a ‘dialectical hatred’ of white people.
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IBM and EU pull ads from X after Elon Musk’s antisemitic tweets
IBM said this week it stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Nazis. Ads from Apple, Oracle, NBCUniversal’s Bravo network and Comcast also were placed next to antisemitic material.
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A year later, Elon Musk’s X is tilting right. And sinking.
But in at least one respect, Musk has delivered on his original promise: the site formerly called Twitter has become far less ‘woke.’
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Elon Musk says it will cost new users $1 to post, like and interact on X
Twitter already offers paid subscriptions of $8 a month as part of its X Premium program, formerly known as Twitter Blue.
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EU asks X for information on hate speech and ‘illegal content’ related to Israel-Hamas war
The European Commission has made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk’s social media platform over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Elon Musk talk about about antisemitism on X, artificial intelligence
The Israeli prime minister said controlling more-advanced AI must start by getting like-minded states to agree to a code of ethics and conduct.
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Israel’s Netanyahu to meet with Musk as X faces antisemitism controversy
The Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish civil rights organization, has accused Elon Musk of allowing antisemitism and hate speech to spread on X.
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Trump returns to X, the site formerly known as Twitter, shortly after surrendering in Georgia
He posted a photo of his mug shot and the words, “Election interference. Never surrender!” along with a link to his website, which directs to a fundraising site.