Far-right figures and antisemites praised Elon Musk for boosting their campaign to #BantheADL on X 

Virulent antisemite Andrew Torba and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes celebrated reaching an “audience of one” who is the “richest man in the world,” with Torba praising that he is “waging total war on our largest enemy”

Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), amplified a campaign against the Anti-Defamation League that was spread by far-right figures and antisemites on the platform. After followers of these far-right personalities were instructed on fringe platforms to “juice” posts about banning the ADL, thousands of X Premium subscribers shared posts that included “#BanTheADL.” Far-right promoters of the hashtag campaign credited Musk with much of their success, praising him for his support and for threatening to sue the ADL.

·       Far-right users called for X to “#BanTheADL,” and X Premium subscribers posted the anti-ADL hashtag at least 37,471 times between September 4 and 13 on the platform

·       Far-right users encouraged their followers on fringe platforms to “juice” their tweets about #BantheADL, despite claiming the campaign was “organic”

·       Elon Musk helped spread the far-right attacks on the ADL and threatened to sue the group

·       Far-right figures celebrated the success of the anti-ADL campaign on X and amplification from Musk and conservative media figures

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