Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner listens as President Joe Biden speaks throughout a roundtable with American and Indian enterprise leaders within the East Room of the White Home in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2023.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner stated the corporate continues to weigh whether or not it ought to hold promoting on the platform X, after its proprietor Elon Musk has been accused of antisemitism.
“It is one thing we continually ask ourselves,” Cook dinner stated in an interview with CBS’ “Sunday Morning” that aired on Sunday.
Cook dinner added that he views X, previously referred to as Twitter, as an “essential property” for discourse however that there is facets that he does not agree with, equivalent to promotion of antisemitism on the platform.
“Simply level clean, there is no such thing as a place for it,” he stated.
Cook dinner’s feedback come as Musk is reportedly slated to fulfill with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid escalating issues of antisemitism on X. Musk said in a post that the talks will deal with synthetic intelligence.
Nonprofit teams and third-party researchers allege that hate speech and offensive content material have develop into extra widespread on the platform since Musk took over in October. Musk and X have disputed the allegations.
Earlier this month, Musk threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League after the civil rights group reported that antisemitic posts on X have elevated sharply underneath Musk’s possession of the corporate. Musk blamed the ADL for misplaced promoting income, saying gross sales for the enterprise have been down 60%.
Musk not too long ago sued one other nonprofit, the Middle for Countering Digital Hate, after it revealed a report in June that claimed X did not take motion towards a number of subscribers of Twitter Blue, now known as X Premium, once they posted inflammatory content material.
—CNBC’s Jonathan Vanian contributed to this report.
