Has Elon Musk, the world's richest man and the owner of X/Twitter, finally gone too far? The Tesla CEO's relaxation of content moderation on the social-media platform has been well documented, with hate speech, including anti-semitism, surging under his ownership. But for Musk himself to agree with comments about Jews exhibiting hatred toward white people? The White House, in a rare move, directly rebuked the tech mogul.
In remarks directed at Musk by name and posted to his comment, the White House called out the world’s most powerful businessman. “It is unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of anti-Semitism in American history at any time, let alone one month after the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” wrote deputy press secretary Andrew Bates on Friday.
