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After being accused by the White House of antisemitism... Elon Musk changes his platform's policy and tightens the grip on "Palestine supporters"

After being accused by the White House of antisemitism... Elon Musk changes his platform's policy and tightens the grip on "Palestine supporters"

By Omayma othmani

Published: November 19, 2023

Billionaire Elon Musk announced his intention to suspend any pro-Palestine account that uses terms like "decolonization" and "from the river to the sea" on "X," claiming that they call for genocide against Jews.

Musk, the owner of the platform "X" (formerly Twitter), considered the term "decolonization," used by pro-Palestine accounts, as "calling for genocide against Jews."

He also added in a post on the platform, "As I said earlier this week, 'decolonization' and 'from the river to the sea' and similar euphemistic phrases necessarily mean genocide."

Musk confirmed his intention to suspend any account that circulates these terms on the "X" platform, considering them "clear calls for severe violence," according to his claim.

This comes after the White House on Friday condemned what it described as Musk's "vile promotion" of anti-Semitism following his endorsement of a post on the "X" platform.

Musk had expressed support for a post by one of the accounts on "X" stating that "Jews use against whites the same hatred they ask people to stop using against them," and Musk commented on the post saying: "I spoke the truth."

White House spokesman Andrew Bates accused Musk of "vile promotion" of anti-Semitism, stating, "We strongly condemn this vile promotion of anti-Semitism and racial hatred."

Andrew Bates also stated, "We all have a responsibility to bring people together against hatred."

In a new development, after both the giant company IBM and Disney stopped their commercial advertisements on the "X" network, Apple, the electronics and smartphone company, also decided to temporarily halt all its advertisements on the platform, according to sources for "Axios."

This step, according to the site, comes following Musk's support for anti-Semitic theories as well as reports of placing Apple's advertisements alongside "extreme right-wing content."

Apple is considered a major advertiser on the social media site.

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