Bassem Youssef removed from X over "Antisemitism" [August 20th, 2024 | albawaba.com]
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ALBAWABA - Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef went viral on Musk’s X (formerly known as Twitter) when the individual’s account was removed from the platform after criticizing Israelis using “Antisemitism” as a fear tactic to shut down conversations and scare people into talking their minds.
Users claimed that the post in question was the reason Bassem Youssef was allegedly removed on X and yet again judged Musk for promising “freedom of speech” on the platform but censoring pro-Palestine accounts but not pro-Israel ones.
www.timeturk.com/en/…/news-102411
The X account of Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef disappeared on Tuesday.
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Bassem Youssef’s X account removed following post referring to Israel-Gaza war [Razmig Bedirian | 20 August, 2024 | The National(UAE)] thenationalnews.com/…/bassem-youssef-twitter/
Comedian had criticised weaponisation of the term ‘anti-Semitism’, saying it was being used as a “fear tactic” to “shutdown conversations”
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