For a couple of minutes, Ford Motor Firm’s official X account displayed a disturbing collection of anti-Israel messages.
The posts got here in fast succession. The primary acknowledged, “Free Palestine” and was sporting a Palestinian flag.
The subsequent publish learn, “Israel is a terrorist state.”
The ultimate publish learn, “ALL EYES ON GAZA.”
The corporate took 4 hours to situation the assertion addressing the account being “compromised,” however it fell wanting providing an apology for the disturbing messages.
“Our X account was briefly compromised,” the assertion learn, “and three posts had been made that weren’t approved or posted by Ford.”
“They don’t signify the views of Ford Motor Firm. Ford and X are investigating this breach.”
— Ford Motor Firm (@Ford) December 31, 2024
Many on X weren’t impressed with the sparse assertion.
Corporations based by a infamous Antisemite and headquartered in Dearborn Michigan ought to actually provide you with a greater apology to the Jewish group than this one. pic.twitter.com/qX9tkUVdQp
— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) December 31, 2024
It’d nearly be ironic to name @Ford‘s hack a “gentle nod” to its Jew-hating founder, Henry Ford. However the actuality isn’t humorous—Ford has ignored a number of antisemitic staff we’ve uncovered, successfully greenlighting centuries-old Jew hatred inside its partitions. https://t.co/t2EFoSu9i1 pic.twitter.com/vkejfSGPqX
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) December 30, 2024
Ford social media intern from Dearborn, Michigan forgot to modify accounts… pic.twitter.com/TQqHsvEo6w
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) December 30, 2024
