Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban claims antisemitism has ‘zero resistance’ on X

Billionaire and Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban said Thursday that there is “zero resistance” against antisemitism on X, the social media platform once known as Twitter.

Cuban’s statement follows reposts he made of several antisemitic social media posts, leading some people to believe his account had been hacked. Cuban, who is Jewish, told the Washington Examiner in a statement that his account was not hacked and that he shared the social media posts to showcase “the amount of hate and antisemitism X enables.”

“I wanted people to see how insane it is that those people I retweeted weren’t ashamed of their hate they are proud of it,” Cuban’s statement read. “That is a reflection of what x has become as well. Racism and anti semitism have zero resistance on x.”

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cuban added that he believes that X is not “the real world” and is instead an echo chamber “for a declining number of people.”

On Wednesday, after reposting the multitude of antisemitic posts, Cuban wrote his own post, stating, “That’s the difference between @x and @threads,” with the latter being a reference to the social media platform Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched last year to compete with X. While two million people had signed up shortly after its launch, the platform has since struggled to retain its users.

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In November 2023, multiple companies announced they would pull ads from X due to concerns of antisemitism on the platform. Among these companies were Disney, Comcast, Lionsgate, Paramount Global, and Apple.

In the wake of these companies withdrawing from X, billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of the platform, said the companies were trying to blackmail him and that anyone trying to do so could “go f*** yourself.”

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