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As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit — Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses::Musk claimed that ADL could be "on the hook" for $22B in X losses.

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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago

Musk has said that unless the ADL acts unlawfully, he won't ban the ADL from X.

I predict that he's going to ban them on, let's say, Friday this week.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 100 points 1 year ago

Musk didn't wait long to jump on the anti-Semitic tropes. Jews run the system, Jews run the banks, and so on. What a POS that guy is.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What a POS that guy is.

No wonder conservatives love him!

[-] teh_shame@infosec.pub 81 points 1 year ago

Discovery in this case would be 🔥

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Advertising clients just love their internal communications being made public, this is a yet another genius move by Elon.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

Free-speech absolutionist though right?

[-] plz1@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

This is purely for attention. They are a non-profit, and certainly have nowhere near even 1/10th of that money. Say he did win a civil case, that'd shut down the ADL into bankruptcy, then they re-launch fresh.

He knows that, but he's also a sociopath and any and all attention is all he really wants.

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

He wouldn't win the case. But he might cost them a lot of money trying to defend it.

[-] Corran1138@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

ADL would almost certainly file an anti-SLAPP claim and probably win. California’s anti-SLAPP law even says that it’s contents should be broadly considered as a bulwark against assholes using the courts to prevent public participation. If ADL does win an anti-SLAPP motion, Musk would end up paying their lawyers fees down to the cent.

[-] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

And because he's an insecure aged boy, he doesn't have the intellect and emotional maturity to grapple with the fact his decisions are why he's failing

Has to blame someone else

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I still have trouble believing that Elon can possibly be this dumb. There's something willful about everything he's doing and that includes intentionally ruining Twitter. Yes, a lot of this is for attention and theatrics, but he didn't need to buy then tank a social media platform for that.

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The ADL have encouraged a boycott of advertising on Ex-Twitter because it didn’t do enough to censor nazis. Advertisers have pulled their funds. Ex-Twitter was never a great place to run ads (I’ve tried) and recently it’s become a shit show.

I don’t see how, in any of this, there is any credible case for slander/libel he can make against the ADL. And there is no way in hell that any judge would actually award $22bil in hypothetical ad revenue.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's not for attention. It's an advertisement for Twitter.

It's aimed at recruiting more neo Nazis to the platform. If they post Nazi stuff that gets good engagement, Musk will pay them. It's Nazi welfare. He's not out to make Twitter profitable, he out to enrich the far right.

[-] dbilitated@aussie.zone 37 points 1 year ago

amazing.

need to disprove the accusation of racism?

just tell everyone it's a Jew conspiracy.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 37 points 1 year ago

While reading this article I scrolled up and the top of an embedded tweet was at the bottom coming onto the screen.

I instinctively (almost) tapped the X logo in its upper right corner thinking it was an ad.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The correct behaviour tbh

[-] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 36 points 1 year ago

Rich guys like Musk spend so much time getting their ego stoked that I think he might genuinely be unable to process the idea that he made a mistake. The wealthy can never fail, only be failed.

[-] wagoner@infosec.pub 32 points 1 year ago

"musk says"

[-] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

Elon Musk is the one of greatest mental Gymnast the world's ever seen!

[-] kgbbot@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Yeah you fucking dumb shit...it's totes other folks fault your ignorant narcissistic dumb shit actions ruined a multi billion dollar company.

[-] doctorn@r.nf 15 points 1 year ago

Ironic how a service that can be run by volunteers on a decently low cost got taken over by one of the richest men on the planet, who then can't keep it alive because of financial problems. 😅😂

"Oh, the irony." indeed. 😂

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago

More like sad how such a sad fucker can coast for so long on inherited wealth and reputation by buying up useful stuff and taking credit for what was developed by actual smart people

[-] doctorn@r.nf 2 points 1 year ago

You forgot the part where he then ruins those things he takes credit for and starts to defame other groups to shift the blame. 😅

[-] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Here's a crazy idea. How about a bunch of us donate to the ADL and have tribute cards sent to chief twit's headquarters.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Malignant narcissism is a hell of a drug.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Nazi dogwhistles.

[-] HollandJim@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I hope they spank him so hard his dad feels it.

[-] ram@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I wonder if his brain ended up like one of those Teslas?

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

stuck in park with a traffic cone on its head... yup, sounds about right.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Bruh why is ADL still posting to xitter

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

To piss Elon off. Bait him into banning them.

[-] Gazumi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The big baby routine

[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

We should be so lucky.

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