3 posts tagged ‘online hate’
Apple to pause advertising on X after Musk endorses antisemitic post
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One of X’s key advertisers, Apple, will pause its advertising on the platform, according to a report from Axios. Apple follows in the footsteps of advertisers like IBM and the European Commission, who have suspended ads on X amid increased on-platform antisemitism. Per research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, X has failed to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Backlash builds after Elon Musk called an antisemitic conspiracy theory the ‘actual truth’
Elon Musk has encouraged extremists and white supremacists throughout his yearlong tenure as the owner of X, formerly Twitter, but this week he still managed to push the limits of what behavior mainstream users — and advertisers — will tolerate. On Wednesday, Musk endorsed a post from an X user accusing Jewish communities of spreading […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
X is leaving up antisemitic and Islamophobic hate, new report shows
In the midst of escalating conflict in the Middle East, X is failing to moderate hate speech on its platform that promotes antisemitic conspiracies, praises Hitler and dehumanizes Muslims and Palestinians. In new research, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches online hate and extremism, collected a sample of 200 X […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.