Activist groups urge advertisers to pause Twitter buys after Elon Musk blames them for ‘massive drop in revenue’

The purchase of Twitter by the Tesla Inc. chief executive has reportedly led to users posting racist and other harmful content en masse on the site. The groups say that among the teams that have been affected by the job cuts are those that worked on content moderation at Twitter, which they warned could further allow hate, harassment, abuse and misinformation to proliferate on the website.

Leaders of the groups who spoke to journalists on Friday — which included Color of Change, Free Press, the Anti-Defamation League and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — said they are escalating their calls for companies to consider the possible harms to their brands, as well as to society.