Kanye West continues to peddle antisemitism on Twitter. It could cost new CEO Elon Musk — who happens to be his friend — a sizable fortune.
until the platform “safeguards our democracy and rids itself of any content or account that spews hate and disinformation.” The ADL joined them in that effort, linking to an ongoing campaign called “Stop Hate for Profit.”
Gutting the company has certainly limited Musk’s ability to stem the tide of toxic material that has Twitter’s longstanding business partners so worried. But it’s also his personal brand — and connections — that will determine the course of his “free speech” crusade. His pal Kanye has such a large audience, and is becoming so extreme, that “The Jews” have been trending on and off for the past month, including on Friday.
At what point will Musk decide that Ye’s behavior, which has cost the rapper untold millions to date, is also a threat to his own bottom line? And even then, will Twitter’s new “Complaint Hotline Operator” make an example of Ye, compromising the values he claims to hold so dear? If so, West won’t hesitate to attack him elsewhere, and neither will the MAGA crowd who envisioned an end to this kind of “censorship” under the Musk regime.
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