Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has urged Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) and Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram and Facebook to address the divisive algorithms on social media platforms while suggesting a closer examination of ByteDance-owned TikTok’s influence.
What Happened: Ackman, the head of the Pershing Square hedge fund, on Monday took to X and responded to the video going viral on social media that allegedly shows a man going on an antisemitic rant at Harvard University.
He started his post by saying that “identifying this racist anonymous thug and giving the world an economic incentive to find him isn’t the answer. We need to work toward a world without mindless hate.”
The billionaire further stated that publicly revealing the actions of such a person would only make them angrier. It’s vital for someone they look up to and trust to have a ...