IBM pulls ads from X / Twitter as Elon Musk promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy | Mashable

Just hours after Elon Musk endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Wednesday night, a new report uncovered advertisements from major companies being placed on pro-Nazi content on X, Musk’s platform, formerly known as Twitter.As of Thursday evening, one of those companies, IBM, has officially paused all advertising on X.“IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation,” IBM said in a statement to outlets such as the Financial Times and The Verge.On Wednesday, Musk replied to a post from a user spreading an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that claims Jewish people are replacing whites with immigrants from minority groups.”You have said the actual truth,” replied Musk in a post that now has nearly 6 million views on X.  Tweet may have been deleted In subsequent posts, Musk doubled down, explicitly naming organizations like the ADL, which he accused of refusing to “criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat.”Musk’s handpicked CEO for X, Linda Yaccarino, appeared to address the criticism of Musk’s posts in a post of her own on Thursday afternoon. Tweet may have been deleted “X’s point of view has always been
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