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X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world
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IBM, a major advertiser on X, has pulled its spending from the social media platform, whose employees are grappling with what to tell its other advertisers, according to internal messages.

To be clear: Musk endorsed a tweet which used a false antisemitic conspiracy theory to tell people why "Hitler was right"

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the implication is that IBM was happy to work with Nazis to implement the holocaust, but working with X is a bridge too far. Thus by that logic, Musk is worse than Hitler.

[–] S_204@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or..... they've learned from their past and don't want to be associated with Antisemitism anymore?

[–] farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

theyve decide its not profitable for now lol companies that big dont let silly thing like morality color their decisions

[–] User_4272894@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder who makes the mainframes used at NSA domestic spying server farms, or who run the computing for predator drone targeting systems. "Not profitable to be vocal in support of antisemitism" hardly means "currently on the moral high ground"...

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Point taken. One form of dissent is definitely safer

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

Of course they did, it's all in jest.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago

You've used that word 'implication' a few times now...