Musk has ramped up the far-right extremism even more since Trump won. Fourteen U.S. Jewish groups announced they were leaving the social media platform X on Monday. A statement from the groups cited the rise of antisemitism on the social media platform since Elon Musk purchased the site in late 2022, as well as the “coarsening of discourse that is so pervasive on X,” but didn’t specifically call out Musk’s recent Nazi-style salutes. The 14 groups released a joint letter explaining their decision to leave X, signed by leaders at the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, among others. “As Jewish groups committed to healing what is broken in our world, we aim to do our work through means that similarly foster repair,” the statement read. “In study after study, as well as our lived experiences, X has become a platform that promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division. Under the leadership of Elon Musk, X has reduced content moderation, promoted white supremacists, and re-platformed purveyors of conspiracy theories.” The statement also called out the billionaire owner directly, noting that, “Musk himself has re-posted content that is antisemitic and xenophobic, promoting it to his millions of followers.”
via gizmodo: 14 Jewish Groups Leave X as Elon Musk Doubles Down on Nazi Rhetoric
