INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
reached a tipping point on Friday, with large advertisers such as Apple Inc
pulling ads and the White House chastising the billionaire
Meanwhile, several Tesla Inc
shareholders also spoke out against Musk, who is the chief executive officer of the electric car maker, with some saying he should be
by a report released Thursday from Media Matters which said ads for Apple, International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp., Comcast
IBM said it will stop advertising on X until the situation is resolved
The European Commission and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp
also said they would pull ads on X
said it was pausing spending on X, Paramount Global announced it was suspending all advertising, while CNBC reported Warner Bros
has halted its ad campaigns on the platform
Comcast Corp., owner of the NBCUniversal media empire, has also paused advertising on X, Puck News reported
The two companies already had a precarious relationship
The Anti-Defamation League found antisemitism on X increased by more than 900% in the week following the initial Oct
7 attack by Hamas compared to the previous week.Last year, the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy organization, called on Musk to
apologize after he deleted a controversial tweet that made a satirical comparison between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Adolf
rise in extremist content that has caused advertisers to flee
said reports of harassment and extremist content spiked since he took over the company
The social-impact fund owned about $282,200 of Tesla stock as of midyear and has waged pressure campaigns against the company for years,
that Media Matters found associated with the offensive content and they will no longer be monetizable, Benarroch, said
content, nor is a brand actively trying to support this type of content with an ad placement, Benarroch said.Facebook co-founder Dustin
