The Auschwitz Memorial on Thursday criticised social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for failing to remove an anti-Semitic post on the site.
X’s owner Elon Musk has described himself as a free speech absolutist, but some critics have said his approach is irresponsible. Researchers have found an increase in hate speech and antisemitic content on the platform since he took over, and some governments have accused the company of not doing enough to moderate its content.
The Auschwitz Memorial, which preserves the site of the death camp set up by Nazi Germany on the territory of occupied Poland during World War II, said in a post on X that it had reported an antisemitic message on the site but received a response from X that the content did not violate its rules.
The memorial posted screenshots of the post and what it said was X’s reply to its complaint.
X did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
“Leaving such language unchecked perpetuates the cycle of hatred and reinforces the idea that such hateful language is acceptable on this platform,” the memorial wrote.
Read the article by Alan Charlish in Sight Magazine (Reuters).