X Suspends Journalists For Exposing Nazi Cartoonist

March 20, 2024 Extremists, Social Media

X has locked and suspended the accounts of journalists and researchers who shared the alleged identity of a neo-Nazi cartoonist known as Stonetoss after the cartoonist appealed to site owner Elon Musk. The incident, critics say, highlights once again how Musk has not only welcomed extremists onto his platform but has repeatedly boosted their conspiracies, engaged with their accounts, and seems to have protected them from scrutiny.

A lengthy X thread posted by the antifascist research group Anonymous Comrades Collective last week claimed that Stonetoss is a man named Hans Kristian Graebener from Spring, Texas. Stonetoss cartoons, which feature simple and colorful imagery coupled with racist, homophobic, and antisemitic language, have become hugely popular among right-wing communities.

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“According to X’s terms of service, posting someone’s name does not constitute doxing, but many accounts, including my own, have been made to delete posts that merely mention the name of the racist and antisemitic cartoonist Stonetoss,” Monacelli said.https://t.co/wnFolJ8dra

— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) March 20, 2024

my piece on X / Twitter suspending users who post the name tied to far right comic creator StoneToss

Elon Musk’s recent policy changes:
posting the identity of right-wing users = suspension
posting the identity of trans users = personal support from Muskhttps://t.co/OvgIeW4xOP

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) March 20, 2024

I’m back! https://t.co/d89IpO24PW

— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) March 16, 2024