{"id":13745,"date":"2025-01-24T06:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T11:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=13745"},"modified":"2025-01-24T06:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T11:47:21","slug":"this-algorithm-sucks-musk-addresses-nazi-salutes-in-his-x-feed-was-it-really-a-freudian-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=13745","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This algorithm sucks!\u2019 \u2013 Musk addresses Nazi salutes in his X feed [Was it really a Freudian slip?]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/611548-musk-nazi-salutes-feed\/\">READ HERE:<\/a><\/strong> Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X, has complained about seeing too many Nazi salutes in his feed, apparently mocking complaints about a gesture he made during an inauguration rally earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Musk quipped that he would lose his mind if he sees\u00a0<em>\u201cone more damn Nazi salute in my feed,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0adding:\u00a0<em>\u201cThis algorithm sucks!! I want to talk to the manager right now!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The billionaire had previously dismissed as ridiculous claims that the gesture he made at the Capital One Arena on Monday had anything to do with Nazism. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/611524-under-fire-musk-thanks-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defended<\/a>\u00a0Musk from detractors, praising him as a\u00a0<em>\u201cgreat friend\u201d<\/em>\u00a0of the Jewish state who is being\u00a0<em>\u201cfalsely smeared.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a pro-Israeli anti-Semitism watchdog, also dismissed the allegations, describing the gesture merely as\u00a0<em>\u201cawkward.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0However, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/611539-adl-elon-musk-nazi-puns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a>\u00a0Musk\u2019s mocking reaction to the controversy, referring in particular to a post on X that was full of puns referencing the names of senior Nazi figures.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Greenblatt said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}