Twitter/X owner Elon Musk expressed sympathies towards the viral #BanTheADL campaign on Friday, lamenting how the Anti-Defamation League "has tried very hard to strangle X/Twitter."

"As soon as @ElonMusk took over Twitter, the ADL got to work ensuring his promise of a free speech site would not come to fruition," Irish nationalist Keith Woods said on Twitter. "They even warned that Twitter was now "on deathwatch". Why do these people get to threaten and extort social media companies like this? #BanTheADL."

"ADL has tried very hard to strangle X/Twitter," Musk responded.