Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it

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Joan Donovan, a former research director at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Centre who now teaches at Boston University, included Musk in what she described as “a strata of influencers … who feel very comfortable condemning Jewish people as a political critique”. Elon Musk:“Many of the largest advertisers are the greatest oppressors of your right to free speech.” EPA “In moments where there is a lot of concern, these right-wing influencers do go mask-off and say what they really feel,” she said. The Israel-Gaza war has given new life to prominent Holocaust deniers who have proclaimed on X, Telegram and other platforms...