Advertisers from Apple to Walt Disney have suspended or halted spending on X after its billionaire owner asserted Jewish people “hate” white people.

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman defended Elon Musk after major advertisers pulled ads from social media site X over antisemitic commentary. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman defended Elon Musk after major advertisers pulled ads from social media site X over antisemitic commentary.

The owner of X told companies who had pulled advertising to "(expletive) yourself" after his antisemitic post.

Musk appeared to specifically call out Disney chief executive Bob Iger, whose company is among those who paused advertising on X.

Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to "Go fuck yourself" in a fiery Wednesday interview. His profanity-laced remarks followed a moment of contrition in a New York Times DealBook Summit interview.

Continue reading sometimes incendiary posts Musk agreed with supporting “hordes of minorities” call out antisemitism on X once in June tweets about the Jewish financier George Soros again in September broadcast their September conversation praised Musk’s “leadership in fighting hate.

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, says the advertisers that have stopped spending on the platform due to his endorsement of an antisemitic post can “f——” themselves.

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in "blackmail" and,