ADL says it will resume advertising on X following feud with Musk
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The Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday said it plans to resume advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, following a spat with owner Elon Musk.

Last month, Musk threatened to sue the ADL for defamation, claiming that the nonprofit’s statements about rising hate speech on the social media platform had hurt X’s advertising revenue. In response to the claims, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that while the ADL was part of a coalition that demanded companies suspend advertising on the platform immediately following Musk’s acquisition last year, it had not participated in such efforts in recent months.

Moreover, Musk’s comments about the group fueled a campaign of antisemitic hate against the ADL that had already begun before Musk’s legal threat, leading to a surge in threats directed at the organization, Greenblatt said.

There is no truth to any allegations that ADL orchestrated a boycott of X or caused billions of dollars of losses to the company or is “pulling the strings” for other advertisers, the rights group said in a statement.

As Musk responded to the ADL’s statement in a post Wednesday, “Thank you for clarifying that you support advertising on X.”

The statement appears to be a resolution of weeks of tension between Musk and the ADL, which coincided with rising antisemitism across the country. The group says it will continue to monitor X for anti-Semitic content.