Elon Musk has threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)… for defamation. He claims the organization has been responsible for ‘destroying’ half of the social media platform’s value, despite the firm repeatedly engaging with the anti-speech advocacy group, including recently.
Musk took to the platform on Tuesday morning to argue, “To clear our platform’s name on the matter of anti-Semitism, it looks like we have no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League … oh the irony!” The post has been viewed over 35 million times within the first day and has received over a quarter of a million likes so far.
Musk also explained the ADL would be liable for wiping a staggering $22 billion off the company’s value following numerous attempts to suggest he and the company are anti-Semitic since he bought it.
Interesting.
In our case, they would potentially be on the hook for destroying half the value of the company, so roughly $22 billion.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2023
The X owner made the threats after suggesting an online plebiscite on whether the far-left organization should be allowed to remain on the platform following its director, Jonathan Greenblatt, pushing for restrictions on what is permissible to post on the site. A #BanTheADL campaign began on the platform following Greenblatt’s remarks.
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