Neil Young boycotts X over Elon Musk’s anti-Semitic tweet | Neil Young

Neil Young announced he would boycott X, formerly Twitter, amid ongoing outcry over an anti-Semitic tweet from company owner Elon Musk.

Writing on his website, Young said: “We stop any use of X that we can control. For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on the planet, we are taking this action against his company. » He shared an image of Musk with the caption: “Tesla should fly flags of love – not hate.” »

Last week, Musk agreed with an anti-Semitic statement posted on against the white people they claim to want. people to stop using them against them”, and who claimed that “Western Jewish populations” were not appreciated by the minority groups “flooding their country”.

Musk has been widely condemned, with Apple, IBM and Disney among the major US companies to suspend advertising on the platform. A White House statement said: “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this abhorrent promotion of anti-Semitic and racist hatred, which goes against our fundamental values ​​as Americans. »

Musk dismissed claims that he is anti-Semitic, calling them “false…I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all.”

Young added a call for peace amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, writing: “We must start again in the present and release our terrible ties to the past. As serious as they are, they must be forgotten so that we can be free to move forward in life together, all of humanity, focused on saving our planet for future generations of all.

His boycott Young said: “I want all my music taken off their platform… They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.”