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Almost exactly a month to the date of Elon Musk threatening to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), it appears the advocacy group has had a change of mind.

ADL alleged Mr Musk has failed to clamp down on hate speech on the social media platform since his takeover last year, allowing disinformation to proliferate – something Mr Musk strongly denies.

Which left Musk with no choice…

A month has passed and ADL has been quiet – even with the Canadian government cheering on an actual nazi.

But now, perhaps with the threat of discovery looming (and fighting a legal battle against the man with the deepest pockets in the world), ADL has made the decision to back down from the 'Twitter is full of hate and no one should advertise there' narrative to a 'well, it's not that bad and we are going to advertise to help save the world' narrative.

ADL issued the following statement: (emphasis ours)

So, the fact that ADL is restarting its advertising on the platform implies it is a 'better, healthier, and safer' place.

Furthermore, it will be hard for all the other members of the censorship industrial complex to now argue against advertising on X,since if it's good enough for a group as virtuous as ADL, it must be good enough for everyone.

Elon Musk appears pleased with their decision…