Elon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X
- Billionaire has faced accusations from Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish civil rights organisation, and others of tolerating antisemitic messages on X
- In November, he responded to a user who accused Jews of hating non-Jewish white people by posting, ‘You have said the actual truth,’ but later apologised
Musk’s visit to the most notorious site of the horrors of the Holocaust came before a scheduled appearance later Monday at a conference on antisemitism organised by the European Jewish Association in the nearby Polish city of Krakow.
The billionaire has faced accusations from the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish civil rights organisation, and others of tolerating antisemitic messages on the platform, formerly known as Twitter, since purchasing it in 2022.
He sparked an outcry in November, including from the White House, when he responded on X to a user who accused Jews of hating non-Jewish white people and professing indifference to antisemitism by posting, “You have said the actual truth”.
He later apologised for the comment, calling it the “dumbest” post that he’s ever done.
Several big brands, including Disney and IBM, stopped advertising on the platform last year after liberal advocacy group Media Matters said that their ads were appearing alongside pro-Nazi content and white nationalist posts.