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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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[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What spirit are you posting that comment in (liquor notwithstanding)?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 11 points 1 year 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 6 points 1 year 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 3 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Point taken. One form of dissent is definitely safer

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

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