Elon Musk sues the Anti-Defamation League for $22 BILLION for ‘trying to kill X by falsely accusing it and me of being anti-Semitic’: X owner sets up huge defamation battle with group

Elon Musk is suing the Anti-Defamation League for “about $22 billion” for allegedly trying to destroy X by accusing him and the social media giant of being anti-Semitic.

In a series of tweets sent out Monday night, Musk, 52, said he plans to sue the ADL “to clear our platform’s name on anti-Semitism.”

“It seems we have no choice but to file a libel lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League…oh the irony!” wrote the billionaire.

He added: “In our case, they would potentially destroy half the value of the company, so about $22 billion.”

In May, it was reported that the value of the app had dropped to a third of what it was when Musk bought it in October — from $45 billion to $15 billion in six months.

“It seems we have no choice but to file a libel lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League…oh the irony!” wrote the tech giant in a tweet on Monday evening

ADL Chairman Ben Sax (left) and ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt (right)

Musk’s battle with the ADL began Monday morning when he called on the organization to be responsible for the company’s rapidly declining profits.

“Since taking over, The @ADL has been trying to kill this platform by falsely accusing it and me of being anti-Semitic,” he wrote in a first tweet.

“Our ad revenue in the US is still down 60 percent, mainly due to pressure on advertisers from @ADL (that’s what advertisers tell us), so they almost succeeded in killing X/Twitter,” continued his tweet.

In a separate tweet, he shared that he believes the ADL is responsible for as much as 50 percent of Twitter’s depreciated value — “about $22 billion,” Musk said.

Earlier in the day, Musk responded to a tweet from X News Daily saying X’s ad revenue in the US has fallen by about 60 percent.

The account said that the drop in ad revenue is a “significant factor behind X’s continued problems with achieving profitability.”

Musk reportedly believes the ADL has been urging advertisers not to use X because of Musk’s relaxation of rules around hate speech and harassment.

Some Jewish users online have claimed to see an increase in anti-Semitic tweets that go unpunished by Musk and someone else at X.

In response to allegations of widespread anti-Semitism on the platform, the Chief Twit vehemently denied allowing hate speech on his app.

“To be clear, I am for freedom of speech, but against any form of anti-Semitism,” he wrote in a tweet.

“Giving them the maximum benefit of the doubt, I don’t see any scenario where they are responsible for less than 10% of the value destruction, so ~$4 billion,” Musk wrote in another tweet.

Despite his ongoing battle, Musk said he has no plans to ban ADL from X.

Following his barrage of tweets about the organization, a movement toward “#BanTheADL” has sprung up among some of Musk’s most devoted followers.

The CEO has addressed tweets that are part of the movement, but has made it clear online that he has no plans to ban them any time soon.

“Despite the massive damage ADL X/Twitter has done, they still won’t be banned from this platform unless they break the law,” he said.

It is unclear whether Musk and his lawyers have filed an initial complaint against the organization.

ADL officials did not immediately respond to questions from DailyMail.com.

It is unclear whether Musk and his lawyers have filed an initial complaint against ADL

A study published in 2022 by Montclair State University shows that there was a spike in hate speech the day after Musk took over Twitter in October

Last month, X filed a lawsuit against a non-profit organization that monitors hate speech and made similar allegations of poisoning the water for online users.

Attorneys for X alleged that the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) orchestrated a “scare campaign to drive advertisers off the X platform.”

At the time, X officials accused CCDH of publishing reports showing that X took no action against hate speech on the app.

They also accused CCDH in the lawsuit of committing “a series of unlawful acts designed to gain unlawful access” to the platform’s data.

A study published in 2022 by Montclair State University found that there was a spike in hate speech the day after Musk took over Twitter in October.

According to university officials, the data showed a “correlation between Musk’s arrival” and “hostile content on Twitter.”

Similarly, GLAAD recently named X — and subsequently Twitter — as the “most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people” in its Social Media Safety Index.