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IBM pulls ads from X after Elon Musk’s comments appear to endorse antisemitic conspiracy theory
Marketwatch ^ | Nov. 16, 2023 | Jon Swartz

Posted on 11/16/2023 9:21:51 PM PST by lasereye

IBM Corp. has abruptly pulled ads from X, formerly Twitter, amid a maelstrom of controversial comments from billionaire owner Elon Musk and the placement of IBM ads.

“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,” the company said in a statement emailed to MarketWatch.

IBM suspended advertising following a report by the Financial Times on Thursday that IBM ads appeared next to posts supporting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. A Media Matters study also found ads from Apple Inc., Oracle Corp., and Comcast Corp.’s Xfinity and Bravo were adjacent to pro-Nazi content.

On Wednesday, Musk agreed with a post on X supportive of an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jewish people hold a “dialectical hatred” of white people. “You have said the actual truth,” Musk wrote in response to the post.

Compounding matters, Musk on Thursday said on X it was “super messed up” that white people are not, in the words of one far-right user’s tweet, “allowed to be proud of their race.”

Adding fuel to the fire, Musk said on Wednesday that the Jewish advocacy group the Anti-Defamation League “unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel.” (Musk has threatened to sue the ADL because of its criticism of lax moderation practices on X that it says have allowed antisemitism to spread.)

The cascading conflagration prompted Tesla Inc. TSLA, -3.81% bull and investment adviser Ross Gerber to grumble on X: “Getting a flood of messages from clients wanting out of tesla and anything to do with Elon Musk. Many saying they are selling their cars as well. What is he doing to the tesla brand??!!?!?”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; chrischristie; connecticut; elonmusk; ibm; newjersey; richardblumenthal; twitter
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To: lasereye

For woke companies, virtue signaling is more important than profits.


21 posted on 11/17/2023 5:49:27 AM PST by Fresh Wind (George Soros on assisting with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made")
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To: teeman8r

IBM should know about anti-semitism, given their history (via their German subsidiary) with the Nazis in WWII.


22 posted on 11/17/2023 5:51:26 AM PST by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: lasereye

IBM is still in business?


23 posted on 11/17/2023 6:13:43 AM PST by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: lasereye

The hate group known as the ADL claims Musk is hateful, isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black? The ADL, SPLC, ACLU, BLM, NAACP, and a host of other left-wing groups that stoke the flames of anti-White hatred should be kicked off of X.


24 posted on 11/17/2023 6:36:52 AM PST by euram (allALL)
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To: euram

Musk is on record asking why can’t you criticize George Soros and Hansjörg Wyss for their incessant meddling in world affairs without being accused of anti semitism

It is documented that both contribute to anti Israel street mobs

I like Musk

He’s done us a favor with twitter

Hope he stays strong


25 posted on 11/17/2023 7:06:08 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: lasereye
The Democrats, in concert with the MSM and woke corporations, will do everything they can to destroy X before the 2024 election.
26 posted on 11/17/2023 9:10:25 AM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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