#advertisers

[alwaysbewoke]

A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X that had targeted a watchdog group for its critical reports about hate speech on the social media platform. In a blistering 52-page order, the judge blasted X’s case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform’s security and legal rights. “Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation,” wrote District Judge Charles Breyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, in the order’s opening lines. “Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose.” “This case represents the latter circumstance,” Breyer continued. “This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.” X’s lawsuit had accused the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) of violating the company’s terms of service when it studied, and then wrote about, hate speech on the platform following Musk’s takeover of Twitter in October 2022. X has blamed CCDH’s reports, which showcase the prevalence of hate speech on the platform, for amplifying brand safety concerns and driving advertisers away from the site. In the suit, X claimed that it had suffered tens of millions of dollars in damages from CCDH’s publications. CCDH is an international non-profit with offices in the UK and US. Because of its potential to destroy the watchdog group, the case has been widely viewed as a bellwether for research and accountability on X as Musk has welcomed back prominent white supremacists and others to the platform who had previously been suspended when the platform was still a publicly-traded company called Twitter.

[arthropooda]

X

[emmeliamathews]

Last night I came across a fic on AO3 where the writer self-censored in the author's note. I just wanted to put it out there that you can use the no-no words on AO3. They are untouched by the tyranny of advertisers.

[nando161mando]

To the Capitalists, ads are art and advertising is their cultural expression!

[posthumanwanderings]

Likely Cause of Invalid Traffic Demonetization & YouTube's Silence

[tomorrowusa]

Canada is joining the advertising exodus from Elon Musk's hate-filled platform. 🇨🇦

Ads for several prominent Canadian companies and organizations have been appearing in the feeds of extremist accounts on X, prompting some of them to pause advertising on the social media platform following an investigation by CBC News. They join a growing number of brands that are backing away from X, formerly known as Twitter, amid the unchecked rise in hateful content and owner Elon Musk's seeming endorsement of antisemitic and other far-right conspiracy theories.

There are still ads by well known companies which are showing up next to extremist posts.

A review by CBC News of about two dozen accounts linked to white nationalists, white supremacists, misogynists and other extremists found ads by major brands such as Samsung Canada, CF Montréal and Pathways Alliance, an oil industry lobby group. Ads for Samsung's new Galaxy flip phone appeared in the results when searching for a hashtag used to circulate racist content, where other posts included messages such as "Keep Europe White." Samsung ads also appeared in the feed of an account that the Tech Transparency Project, a watchdog group, flagged for spreading Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theories. In addition, Samsung ads were spotted in the feeds of Libs of TikTok, which LGBTQ advocates say stirs up anti-trans hatred, and Mike Cernovich, who has been described by extremism researchers as a "male supremacist."

But others have left after being informed of their ads appearing next to purveyors of hate.

Other companies and organizations, though, said they halted advertising on X when informed by CBC News about where their ads were appearing. Bell Media suspended advertising on X after it was informed that an ad for a subsidiary, the news division of Quebec TV network Noovo, appeared in the feed of the far-right fitness leader. The ad appeared over a post that called journalists "priests of ruin" and featured the slogan "all journos are bastards." "Despite putting measures in place to protect Noovo from such a situation, it seems that X considered the offensive content from a third party to be moderate, which allowed our ad to appear alongside it," Patrick Tremblay, a Bell Media spokesperson, said in a statement to CBC News last week. "This situation is unacceptable. As a result, we have interrupted Bell Media advertising campaigns on X."

But wait, there's more!

Our team met with X representatives in the past month to confirm that our ads account is set up with the most stringent sensitivity settings X offers. In this case, those controls appear to have failed," Spencer Reynolds, director of marketing and communication at Angus Reid, said in an email. "Angus Reid Forum has ceased all activity on X indefinitely pending a comprehensive review." The Appraisal Institute of Canada, an association of real estate valuation experts, paused its advertising campaign on X after it was informed its ads were appearing in the feeds of Carl Benjamin, Richard Spencer and an account linked to the white nationalist and antisemitic Groyper movement. Ads for insurance giant Sun Life appeared in the feeds of multiple accounts of extremists, including Spencer's, as part of a sponsored content campaign with the National Post. Sun Life stopped advertising on X after Musk took over the platform last year, and the placement of the sponsored content ad was an error, a Sun Life representative said.

There are some thoroughly bad people out there and Elon Musk has decided to provide them with a comfortable digital home.

[moontaeddybear]

Nature Republic Fan Festival

[sucka99]

[ms-boogie-man]

Musk uses F-word to say doesn’t care about advertisers that fled X over hate speech

1. There is not any such of a thingy as hate speech 2. There is not any such of a thingy as hate speech

If the far left does not like free speech on X, let them eat Nancy Pelosi

‘s ice cream

Angie/Maddie🦇❥🇺🇸

[esignwebservices]

Google announced the latest improvements to Search Ads 360 and encouraged advertisers to transition to the new platform before April 2024.

What are your thoughts on the same?

[nando161mando]

Two things that happened this week:

- YouTube started banning the use of ad blockers

- Google was found serving ads with malware

[amingethia]

Tell me why when advertisers make an ad and for some reason add “pineapple on pizza” into it, why the people who don’t like the pineapple are portrayed as either whiny cry babies or as pompous jerks?

Like I can’t eat pineapple on pizza because of the texture (and childhood trauma when my Aunty used a ROTTEN pineapple) but I’m not gonna make a scene over it or be like “I only eat pizza with PIZZA things” in a tone that implies the other person who enjoys the pineapple is inferior to me somehow.

Like I’ll joke about it on Tumblr but when it comes down to it, eat whatever you want I don’t care. You’re not forcing me to eat it.

They treat like non-pineapple enjoyers think it’s a moral issue when it’s just a taste thing. Pineapple has a very sweet and obvious taste that, even when you pick it off, stays on the pizza. People have allergies, people have sensory issue, people just don’t like the flavour of it. Why are “picky eaters” shown like this in ads?

And while we’re at it do advertisers even know what quiet quitting IS or what it’s actual significance is? (Looking at you, H&R Block)

[priyahansh]

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[nerdykeith]

Woah so it looks like Advertisers pulling their ads from Twitter has already started and his now escalating with more major corporations. Well done Elon, it's actually incredible how quickly you managed to destroy Twitter's main income source.

I'm just observing this whole mess with great amusement at this point. Twitter is not what it once was. Especially not with Musk at the helm. What will he do next? It's very likely his only option is going to be a fully subscription service.

Damn it Elon, all you had to do was to take cyberbullying seriously, take trolling seriously, take hate speech seriously. This is why you can't have an anything goes policy on Twitter.