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  • Elon Musk blames the ADL

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 5 11:19:22 2023
    Elon Musk blames the ADL for 60% ad sales decline at X, threatens to
    sue

    X owner Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation, claiming that the nonprofit organization's statements
    about rising hate speech on the social media platform have torpedoed
    X's advertising revenue.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/tech/elon-musk-adl-lawsuit/index.html

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  • From Oregonian Haruspex@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Sep 5 20:56:08 2023
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Elon Musk blames the ADL for 60% ad sales decline at X, threatens to
    sue

    X owner Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation, claiming that the nonprofit organization's statements
    about rising hate speech on the social media platform have torpedoed
    X's advertising revenue.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/tech/elon-musk-adl-lawsuit/index.html



    Interesting story behind the founding of the ADL.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to no_email@invalid.invalid on Tue Sep 5 19:01:36 2023
    On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 20:56:08 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Interesting story behind the founding of the ADL.

    Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 - August 17, 1915)

    His kidnapping from prison and lynching two years later, in response
    to the commutation of his death sentence, became the focus of social,
    regional, political, and racial concerns, particularly regarding
    antisemitism and racism. Today, the consensus of researchers is that
    Frank was wrongly convicted and Jim Conley was likely the actual
    murderer.

    Considering arguments from both sides as well as evidence not
    available at trial, Governor John M. Slaton commuted Frank's sentence
    from capital punishment to life imprisonment.

    His case spurred the creation of the Anti-Defamation League and the
    resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Frank

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Sep 6 00:19:43 2023
    On 9/5/23 11:19, JAB wrote:
    Elon Musk blames the ADL for 60% ad sales decline at X, threatens to
    sue

    X owner Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation, claiming that the nonprofit organization's statements
    about rising hate speech on the social media platform have torpedoed
    X's advertising revenue.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/tech/elon-musk-adl-lawsuit/index.html


    From Cornell Law School[1]:
    To prove prima facie defamation, a plaintiff must show four things: 1)
    a false statement purporting to be fact; 2) publication or
    communication of that statement to a third person; 3) fault amounting
    to at least negligence; and 4) damages, or some harm caused to the
    reputation of the person or entity who is the subject of the
    statement.

    His claims would fail on the first test, it's a fact that hate speech is
    on the rise on his platform. If he doesn't like that, maybe he shouldn't
    have encouraged it. 🤷‍♀️

    [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation

    --
    ~rdh

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to rdh on Wed Sep 6 04:14:17 2023
    On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 00:19:43 -0500, rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

    X owner Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for
    defamation,

    His claims would fail on the first test

    Economic "saber-rattling?" Lawyers are not cheap..

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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Sep 7 01:25:00 2023
    JAB wrote:
    Elon Musk blames the ADL for 60% ad sales decline at X, threatens to
    sue

    X owner Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation, claiming that the nonprofit organization's statements
    about rising hate speech on the social media platform have torpedoed
    X's advertising revenue.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/tech/elon-musk-adl-lawsuit/index.html


    The Jewish bastards should be sued for tortious interference instead.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Anonymous on Wed Sep 6 20:40:48 2023
    On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 01:25:00 +0000, Anonymous <anon@anon.net> wrote:

    The Jewish bastards should be sued for tortious interference instead.

    Musk supports "free speech," so think again...

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