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Christiaan Hetzner

Elon Musk threatens ADL with lawsuit seeking billions in damages, blaming advocacy group for loss of advertising

Twitter owner Elon Musk (Credit: Nathan Laine—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Elon Musk plans to sue the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish non-profit fighting the spread of bigotry and anti-Semitism, for defaming the reputation of Twitter publicly. 

A self-proclaimed advocate of free speech, Musk sparked his latest controversy after endorsing the post of far-right Irish activist Keith O’Brien, who goes by the alias Keith Woods, calling for the ADL to be banned.

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