Elon Musk hits Anti-Defamation League with suit for $22 BILLION: 'Trying to kill X by falsely accusing it and me of being anti-Semitic'

Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for 'roughly $22billion' for trying to destroy X by accusing him and the social media giant of being anti-Semitic.

In a series of tweets sent out Monday night, Musk, 52, said he plans to launch a lawsuit against the ADL 'to clear our platform's name on the matter of anti-Semitism.'

'It looks like we have no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League ... oh the irony!' the billionaire wrote.

He added: 'In our case, they would potentially be on the hook for destroying half the value of the company, so roughly $22 billion.'

In May, it was reported that the app's value had fallen to one-third of what it was when Musk purchased it in October - from $45 billion to $15 billion in six months.

Musk's battle with the ADL began Monday morning when he called out the organization for being responsible for the company's quickly falling profits

'Since the acquisition, The @ADL has been trying to kill this platform by falsely accusing it & me of being anti-Semitic,' he wrote in an initial tweet.

'Our US advertising revenue is still down 60 per cent, primarily due to pressure on advertisers by @ADL (that's what advertisers tell us), so they almost succeeded in killing X/Twitter,' his tweet continued.

In a separate tweet, he shared that he believes the ADL is responsible for as much as 50 percent of Twitter's fallen value - 'roughly $22 billion,' according to Musk.

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Earlier in the day, Musk responded to a tweet from X News Daily sharing that X's advertising revenue in the US is down by around 60 percent.

The account shared that the advertising revenue decrease is a 'significant factor behind X's continuing issues with achieving profitability.'

Musk purportedly believes that the ADL has urged advertisers not to use X over Musk's relaxing of rules around hate speech and harassment.

ADL Chair Ben Sax (left) and ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt (right)

Some Jewish users online have claimed to see an uptick in anti-Semitic tweets that go unpunished by Musk and anyone else at X.

In response to the accusations of rampant anti-Semitism on the platform, the Chief Twit vehemently denied letting hate speech run free on his app.

'To be super clear, I'm pro free speech, but against anti-Semitism of any kind,' he wrote in a tweet.

Even with his ongoing battle, Musk said he has no plans to ban ADL from X.

Following his barrage of tweets about the organization, a movement to '#BanTheADL' has emerged from some of Musk's most devoted followers.

The CEO has engaged with tweets that are part of the movement but clarified online that he has no intention to ban them anytime soon.

'Despite the immense harm ADL has done to X/Twitter, they still will not be banned in this platform, unless they break the law,' he shared.

It's unclear whether or not Musk and his lawyers have filed an initial complaint against the organization.

ADL officials did not immediately respond to inquiries from DailyMail.com.

Reader Comments

Artex · 2023-09-05T20:37:48Z

Huh, almost like Musk isn't a one-dimensional super-villain.

Highland Fleet Lute · 2023-09-05T20:41:13Z

Artex Well y'know, what is the pot of gold at the end of Musk's rainbow?

Neuralink.

Thanks but no thanks.

Artex · 2023-09-05T20:48:02Z

Highland Fleet Lute Well, maybe one of us morally superior people should work our way into his inner circle to make sure his motivations and the product remain in line with humanity.

Neuralink or something like it is inevitable. Who do you want to be in control of its development?

Highland Fleet Lute · 2023-09-05T20:54:29Z

Artex It's only 'inevitable' because as usual we're being offered two bad choices and are told that we have to choose one or the other because 'it's inevitable'.

Which it ain't.

Gabriel · 2023-09-05T20:54:51Z

Artex

Neuralink or something like it is inevitable.

Only to those who accept it.

Highland Fleet Lute · 2023-09-05T21:03:59Z

Gabriel Elon Musk!!! He must be a right guy!!! I saw him smoke a spliff on The Joe Rogan Show!!!

Jeezus Christ.

Artex · 2023-09-05T21:04:44Z

Gabriel I never said everyone would have to accept it. What I meant is that it or something like it will be developed. DARPA has been hard at work at it. Elon is just doing it publicly.

Highland Fleet Lute It's time for a new spiritual renaissance for a legitimate human potential movement then. If we meat-bags can show that humans can out-heal, out-process, and out-predict future cybernetics, then the cybernetics become nothing more than a shortcut, like psychedelics are now. Neuralink will be nothing more than a nuts and bolts psychedelic experience that any human can have for free with a little meditative practice.

Gabriel · 2023-09-05T21:07:55Z

I never said everyone would have to accept it. What I meant is that it or something like it will be developed. DARPA has been hard at work at it. Elon is just doing it publicly.

Completely understood brother. I only quoted it to make my point.

Gabriel · 2023-09-05T21:10:32Z

Highland Fleet Lute Yeah man. They soak it up. Drives me crazy.

Highland Fleet Lute · 2023-09-05T22:37:43Z

Gabriel Klaus Schwab wants to put a chip in your hand.

Nope.

Elon Musk wants to put a chip in your brain.

Nope.

Gabriel · 2023-09-05T23:50:08Z

Highland Fleet Lute Agreed. Unfortunately too many say "Klaus Schwab? No!!!" and in the same breath, "Elon Musk? Yeah!!"

Same thing.

Highland Fleet Lute · 2023-09-06T07:32:30Z

Gabriel And that's the set up..

Musk buying up Twitter, providing a waifs and strays home for so-called right wing conservatives to uses as a 'haven' from Klaus Schwab WEF-isms.

Schwab becomes shepherd to the so-called left, Musk becomes sheepdog to the so-called right, and the moves and countermoves of the two are all designed to get everyone in the pen.

Musk famously said something along the lines of, "If you own a phone you are already a cyborg".

I would say that statement shows Musk suffers from a profound misunderstanding of the human condition, if I didn't already know that it was just a wile to get everyone chipped.

TBoris · 2023-09-06T12:14:53Z

Highland Fleet Lute

"Schwab becomes shepherd to the so-called left, Musk becomes sheepdog to the so-called right, and the moves and countermoves of the two are all designed to get everyone in the pen. "

Well said!

ginkhoba · 2023-09-06T15:33:07Z

Artex my advice would be, to get an early model that still might be hackable, the longer they produce the more sophisticated and impenetrable they will become....just a thought if you long term consider to get one... i myself would like it, if i can have full source code control.

Artex · 2023-09-06T15:58:51Z

ginkhoba It's going to be the temptation after seeing results that will be difficult. Musk himself has said whatever the upfront cost to a user will be, the functionality will pay for it almost immediately. So unlike Klaus Schwab's world where the poor get nothing but what's handed to them, Musk has previously stated that even the poorest person will be so enhanced that purchasing one will be trivial.

I'll caveat once again that I'm not promoting our cybernetic future, to me this is a discussion (ironically completely unrelated to this article) about the inevitability of such technology, which absolutely will be used by the world's militaries and elite, and it probably already is being used in DARPA projects specifically and military research worldwide generally.

I think fear will be a huge factor in leading those who are fundamentally opposed to it to getting it. But since Neuralink, as far as I can comprehend, will be antithetical to my life's goals, I hope that the novelty and wonder of it isn't the temptation I suppose it will be.

What will happen to civilization then? Will life imitate art and we'll have the Eugenics Wars as was described in Star Trek?