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Christopher Hutton, Technology Reporter


NextImg:White House slams Musk for promoting 'hideous lie' of antisemitism


The Biden White House denounced Elon Musk on Friday for repeating the "hideous lie behind the most fatal act of antisemitism" on X, the social media company previously known as Twitter.

The White House was responding to a controversial post from Musk on Wednesday in which he said that Jews "push hatred" against white people. The White House then compared his words to the beliefs of Robert Bowers, the man who killed 11 Jews in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in 2018.

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"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," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said.

Bates noted President Joe Biden's Oct. 7 remarks memorializing the shooting, in which he promised to "continue to condemn antisemitism at every turn."

Musk later clarified his comments, alleging that he doesn't believe "all Jewish communities" hate white people but that the pro-Jewish Anti-Defamation League "unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel. This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat."

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Musk's words have led to trouble for the platform in recent days. X employees have had to manage calls from advertisers inquiring why Musk was making antisemitic comments, according to the New York Times. CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted to assure employees, affirming in a Thursday memo that "X is a platform for everyone" and that "discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board."

IBM announced on Thursday that it was withdrawing its $1 million ad campaign after a Media Matters report alleged that its ads had appeared alongside Nazi content.