X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, will file a lawsuit against the liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America and those who attacked the social media platform X, Elon Musk said in a post on the platform on Saturday, shortly after major US companies stopped advertising on the site. , reports Reuters.

“The second trial opens on Monday, X Corp will file a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and everyone involved in this fraudulent attack on our company,” Musk wrote in a post on X, without naming the other parties.

Media Matters for America reported earlier this week that it found corporate ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle and Comcast’s Xfinity were placed alongside anti-Semitic content.

IBM said Thursday that it immediately suspended all advertising on the Musk-owned X platform after a watchdog group found that its ads were running next to content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Comcast, Lions Gate Entertainment and Paramount Global announced Friday that they will end their advertising on X. Axios reports that Apple will do the same.

Elon Musk was accused of “humiliating propaganda” of anti-Semitism

On Wednesday, Musk endorsed an anti-Semitic post on X that falsely claimed members of the Jewish community encouraged hatred of white people.

“This week, Media Matters for America published an article that completely misrepresents X’s real-life experience in yet another attempt to undermine free speech and mislead advertisers,” Elon Musk said in a statement.

He also said that “Media Matters created an alternate account and edited the posts and ads that appear on the account’s timeline to mislead advertisers about the placement of their posts.”

Media Matters did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment after business hours, Reuters said.

Many advertisers left the platform after Elon Musk bought it in October 2022 and reduced content moderation, leading to a surge in hate on X, according to rights groups.

The White House on Friday condemned Elon Musk’s endorsement of what it called a “disgusting” anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on X. It accused him of “condescendingly promoting anti-Semitic and racist hatred” that “goes against our fundamental values.” like Americans It is unacceptable to repeat a disgusting lie … one month after the worst day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said, referring to the October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.