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Mark Ruffalo is pushing back against Paramount's accusation that his public criticism of the proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition crossed into antisemitism.
The dispute turns on a pointed question: whether scrutiny of a corporate deal and its principals constitutes protected political speech, and the answer carries real weight as regulatory pressure on the $111 billion merger builds.
The case for Ruffalo's position rests on what he actually said.
He reposted video remarks from Safra Catz, identified as a Paramount board member, in which she described "really profoundly scary technologies" Oracle used to assist the Israeli military following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.
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