Since Elon Musk acquired X last fall, he has taken a more lenient approach to banning accounts based on site rules unless laws were broken. He has restored the accounts of controversial personalities, including Donald Trump and avowed neo-Nazis. However, this approach has drawn criticism, with Israel’s Foreign Ministry holding Musk responsible for a rise in antisemitism on the platform, which they say is now filled with antisemitic conspiracies and hate speech targeting Jews globally.
