tech giant manzana will suspend its ads on the social network X (formerly Twitter)Agreeing with similar decisions of other companies and institutions upon the owner’s controversial comment, Elon MuskAxios media published a story about Jewish communities this Friday.
like companies Organizations like IBM or Lionsgate and the European Commission have decided to suspend their advertising on X in the last few hours On Wednesday, Musk endorsed a message referencing an issue. conspiracy theory This is about Jews who were condemned by the White House on Friday as anti-Semitic and racist.
This Friday, entertainment giant disney He also joined companies those who paused their campaigns on the platform.
Likewise the chain Comcast and NBCUniversal and Paramount and Warner Bros. discovery studios, CNN, which owns the television channel, suspended its advertising on the social network.
According to Axios, the decision of Apple, one of the world’s largest advertisers, A recent report cited “far-right” content.
On Wednesday, Musk responded to the following message from a user on the social network: “Jewish communities suppress exactly this kind of dialectical hatred against whites They claim they want people to stop using it against them.
The user’s message also touched on a conspiracy theory. Argues that Jews supported the arrival of non-white population To Western countries; The theory is supported by the man who attacked a synagogue in Pittsburgh and killed 11 people in 2018.
“You told the truth”Musk responded to this user.
On Thursday, a day after the comment, the progressive NGO Media Matters for America published an article revealing the ads from major brands like Apple, Bravo, Oracle, Xfinity and IBM. They see each other near the “pro-Nazi” messages on X.
Musk said the following in the message he published on the social network after the article was published: Media Matters is a “bad organization.”
In parallel, a group of 164 people “Jewish leaders,” including rabbis, artists, and scholars of “diverse ideologies” He issued a statement condemning “anti-Semitism”
Later, IBM announced that it has suspended its advertising “While we investigate this completely unacceptable situation,” Lionsgate told the media through a spokesperson that it would also withdraw this matter.
Iwith European Commission This Friday, it asked its services to suspend ad campaigns on X According to Politico, the measure appears to be due to “disinformation” concerns, specifically related to the war between Israel and Hamas.
Amid the uproar caused by Musk’s interaction, X’s senior executive Linda Yaccarino said on Thursday: The company “is very clear about its efforts to combat anti-Semitism and discrimination,” he said.but he never mentioned his boss.