(VINnews) — The X account of Motti Seligson, the Media Director of Chabad.org, has been suspended by the social media platform. Seligson is being accused of violating X’s policies, over a non-controversial post he wrote discussing the horrific pogroms in Amsterdam.
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In fact, the X post in question was a peaceful call for violence to be stopped.
Although Seligson’s account is still visible, his account has been locked, meaning that he is not able to post anything new, and his ‘incriminating’ post has ben hidden.
For posting about stopping violence, @mottiseligson reports that he has been suspended by @X as if he were promoting it. @elonmusk this is not ok, and content like this is your platform at its best. Please fix. pic.twitter.com/1KarA8vdXz
— Rabbi Yaakov Menken (@ymenken) November 10, 2024
It’s locked, meaning he can’t post, and that post has vanished until they allow it on appeal. And that’s not acceptable, it’s not remotely promoting violence.
— Rabbi Yaakov Menken (@ymenken) November 10, 2024
Seligson appealed the decision, but was informed by the platform that the support team upheld the initial decision to lock his account. (It is not clear at this point what specific violations they feel he committed, or whether they informed him at all.) Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the Executive Director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, called attention to the suspension / locking.
Seligson’s ‘violation’ post read: ‘Jews being brutally attacked on the streets of Amsterdam. Run down by terrorists in cars, lynched by mobs, stabbings. This kind of thing has not been seen on those streets since the 1930’s. Local heroic Jews from Chabad are rescuing people…”
why the hate brother?????
he was making a point that pretty much besides chabad no one else was their to help our brethren in trouble
when you (g-d forbid)find your self stranded or in trouble in some strange country or state off the beaten track and need help as a jew
chances are they will be the ones to respond to your call so lets not knock chabad or anyone else for that matter
btw for the record i live in lkwd, am not chabad.
i respect them for what they do and so should you instead of knocking them
If it helps, I’ll appeal to X as well
Calling them terrorists?
Even with an occasional flaw, “X” is still by far an amazing social media platform for finding out truth & accuracy of world events.
Unfortunately antisemites use social media to spread word about the pogrom in order to get more people involved leading social media platforms to place an outright ban on any posts talking about an ongoing pogrom in order to limit its expanse.