White House condemns Elon Musk for 'antisemitic' post | DW News

The war in the Middle East has opened the flood gates of disinformation and false claims on social media. And much of the criticism has been directed at the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, owned by the controversial billionaire Elon Musk. Since aquiring Twitter a year ago, Musk has allowed conspiracy theories and hate speech to thrive.

And that's having consequencs. Today the EU Commission announced it was stopping all advertising on X. It has already launched an investigation into hate speech on the social media site.

Also today, the White House condemned Elon Musk for what it called "the abhorrent promotion" of anti-Semitism. That was in reaction to a tweet posted by Musk endorsing a conspiracy theory that Jewish communities push "hatred against Whites".

The White House invoked the 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburg synagogue posting this: "It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust."

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