X employees said on Thursday that they had gotten calls from advertisers wondering why Mr. Musk was making comments seen as antisemitic and why their ads were showing up next to white nationalist and Nazi content, according to internal messages that were viewed by The New York Times. (Mac, The New York Times)
Read MoreVideos on TikTok supporting a decades-old letter by Osama bin Laden criticizing the United States and its support of Israel surged in popularity this week, adding to accusations that the company is fueling the spread of antisemitic content. The White House condemned the resurfacing of the letter. (Maheshwari, The New York Times)
Read MoreShindel and his friends, all in their early 20s, belonged to a generation raised with seemingly endless opportunities, free of the existential fears of parents and grandparents traumatized by the Holocaust and the threat of annihilation by Arab neighbors. They kept a child’s faith in Israel’s military and intelligence prowess, rejoicing to trance music at an all-night festival a few miles from territory ruled by Hamas, a group out to destroy them and their country. (Jones, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by Florida officials to let the state enforce a law that placing prohibitions on drag shows. The case deals with a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year aimed at restricting drag shows where children are present. An Orlando bar called Hamburger Mary’s sued, asserting those prohibitions violated the First Amendment. (Fritze, UISA Today)
Read MoreThe moments marked the dawn of a new era in media as the three television networks — NBC, CBS and ABC — that owned the audience 60 years ago stayed on the air for four days to provide live, continuous coverage of a national crisis for the first time. (Battaglio, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreThe Church of England will test-run stand-alone services for blessing same-sex couples after its ruling body, the General Synod, voted to move ahead with implementing special prayers of thanks and dedication for gay couples. The vote to go ahead with the pilot program followed hours of emotionally charged debate about the church’s pastoral responsibilities toward gay people. (Pepinster, Religion News Service)
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