Elon Musk’s visit to Poland, announced last week, is proceeding at a rapid pace. The billionaire does not waste time and has already appeared at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim.
Elon Musk visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum
Elon Musk landed in Krakow late on Sunday evening. He is currently visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. the billionaire appeared at the former Nazi extermination camp in private. In photos and videos from Auschwitz, he is seen in the company of a group of people, including Ben Shapiro, a right-wing publicist from the USA. Interestingly, the original reports said that the billionaire would officially appear in Auschwitz, not on Monday, but on Tuesday.
On Monday afternoon, Musk is scheduled to participate in a discussion on anti-Semitism that will take place during a congress organized by the European Jewish Association (EJA). The conversation will take place in Krakow and is scheduled to start at 16:00 Polish time. It will be hosted by the above-mentioned publicist.
According to unofficial reports, Elon Musk is scheduled to meet Lech Wałęsa in Poland on Monday, but the topic of the conversation with the former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner remains unknown. at the congress in the capital of Lesser Poland.
As PAP reminds, Elon Musk’s visit to Poland is part of the celebration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on January 27. The event is organized by EJA. The billionaire tentatively agreed to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for the first time a few months ago, after he began to face accusations of supporting (and even spreading) anti-Semitic content online.
Elon Musk and X face accusations of anti-Semitism online
As a reminder, in autumn the owner, among others, Tesla commented on the X platform on a bizarre statement by one of the Internet users that Jews were supposed to “promote hatred against whites.” “You told the real truth,” Musk replied to a user spreading conspiracy theories.
The billionaire caused a scandal commented around the world, and in response to his behavior, some large companies (including Apple, Sony Pictures and Disney) stopped displaying their ads on the X platform. The official statement also condemned the White House, calling it “unacceptable”. and “contrary to our core values as Americans.” Elon Musk later called his comment “one of the stupidest things he’s ever done.”
The billionaire’s X platform is also facing accusations of promoting or allowing anti-Semitic content. At the end of November, Media Matters for America published a report in which it describes that X responded with a lawsuit, accusing the organization of trying to “drive advertisers off the platform and destroy X Corp.” “.
Source: Gazeta
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