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X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Controlling the damage Elon does must be like trying to control a fire after the building is razed to the ground and nothing is left but smouldering ashes.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Like trying to catch the smoke with a butterfly net

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Don't forget you might still be fired at any time as a cost cutting measure.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

You're forgetting the buildings in the surrounding area