This is the Forward’s coverage of X, a microblogging social media platform owned by Elon Musk and formerly known as Twitter.
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Fast Forward Could social media really have stopped the Holocaust? Scholars say Elon Musk’s ‘fantasy scenario’ is far-fetched
One scholar suggested that Musk “take an intro course on the Holocaust"
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Fast Forward Following Auschwitz visit, Elon Musk says X could have saved Jews from the Holocaust
“Two thirds of my friends are Jewish,” Musk said to an approving Ben Shapiro. “I’m like Jewish by association — I’m aspirationally Jewish.”
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Opinion Is Musk’s visit to Auschwitz the kind of Holocaust remembrance we really want?
Musk made a highly publicized visit to the concentration camp with his son and right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro
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Fast Forward Musk on visiting Auschwitz: ‘It will take a few days to sink in’
The CEO and businessman, accused of spreading antisemitism on his social media platform, made the trip with conservative pundit Ben Shapiro days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Culture On X, Jewish tunnel conspiracies reveal antisemitic pages masquerading as pro-Palestinian advocacy groups
Accounts with names like DefundIsraelNow are gleefully posting antisemitic memes about the tunnels
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Opinion How Twitter activists turned a viral story about Orthodox Jews into a modern blood libel
White nationalists, rebranded as 'pro-Palestinian activists,' have used the war and recent news cycles to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories
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Fast Forward Elon Musk expresses regret for endorsing antisemitic post but swears at advertisers boycotting X over it
Speaking at a New York Times event, the mogul also claimed Jewish groups have funded Hamas and called himself “philosemitic"
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Fast Forward After backlash over silence, UN Women tweets, then deletes, statement condemning Hamas attack in Israel
Word quickly spread among Jewish women activists and Israelis, reigniting their criticism of UN Women as holding a double standard when it comes to gender-based violence against Israeli women
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