(Jewish Group) What Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users -- and antisemitism --

[Behind the Aegis]

What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users — and antisemitism — on the platform

Let’s get one thing out of the way: Elon Musk is not Jewish.

But his acquisition of Twitter comes amid longstanding problems with antisemitism and hate speech on the platform — and Jewish users fear his free-speech orientation could make things worse.

Musk’s purchase of the social media company, for a reported $44 billion, will likely take months to complete and could be derailed in any number of ways. And while the serial entrepreneur is known for acting quickly and decisively — sometimes on matters far more picayune than CEOs typically attend to — there’s no guarantee that he would make sweeping changes even if he does assume ownership.

Still, some Jewish users and advocates are hoping that a change in leadership at Twitter could shake up dynamics that many have decried — or at least not set back efforts to address them that are already underway. The head of the Anti-Defamation League, which has publicly pressed Twitter to identify and flush out antisemitism on the platform, raised alarm in a tweet thread shortly after the news broke.

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[onecaliberal]

1. It's not free speech they want. They want to incite violence and promote inhumanity to the other.