PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES t1_j8b8rvz wrote on February 13, 2023 at 1:02 AM

Reply to comment by mokeyss in Twitter is running ads next to tweets from Holocaust deniers by CoupleClothing

To be fair, ads have been shown alongside bigoted and illegal content for a while.

Good-Expression-4433 t1_j8brfh2 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 3:15 AM

Which is why Twitter pre Musk was beginning to more aggressively ban ToS breakers who posted that stuff. It's just bad for advertisers.

Musk not only isn't banning them but actively let them back on.

WildYams t1_j8c7vdx wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:36 AM

>Musk not only isn't banning them but actively let them back on.

And apparently he's also paying them some of the money made from the ads next to their tweets:

> Media Matters reviewed five Twitter accounts belonging to neo-Nazis, antisemites, and Holocaust deniers and found that ads for prominent companies were being slotted next to tweets from the accounts...

> All five of the accounts are subscribed to Twitter Blue, the subscription service that’s become one of Elon Musk’s main priorities since taking over the company. Earlier this month, Musk tweeted that Blue subscribers would get a cut of the revenue for ads placed beneath their tweets.

Screamingboneman t1_j8ca25r wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:00 AM

What the fuck is wrong with our society

Exseatsniffer t1_j8cbbea wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:14 AM

Billionaire adulation

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betterplanwithchan t1_j8do3xi wrote on February 13, 2023 at 3:24 PM

And tweeting under the ads to increase his own impressions.

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Catboy_Assassin t1_j8bi1nl wrote on February 13, 2023 at 2:09 AM

It’s the violence that people are drawn to so then they see the adds