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mokeyss t1_j8a8tqf wrote

Oh hey, it's the exact thing adverisers were worried about happening!

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PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES t1_j8b8rvz wrote

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

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Good-Expression-4433 t1_j8brfh2 wrote

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.

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WildYams t1_j8c7vdx wrote

>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.

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Catboy_Assassin t1_j8bi1nl wrote

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

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InternetPeon t1_j8a7zsn wrote

if Elon would stop liking their tweets it would be helpful.

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StupidLeafsFan t1_j8booz9 wrote

Musk is currently sitting with Rupert Murdoch at the Superbowl. Birds of a feather, such and such

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brokenelectricchair t1_j8f0hy2 wrote

When I saw that I just laughed. That's where he has always belonged. In the rich asshole box with another narcissistic psychopath.

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TogepiMain t1_j8otmeb wrote

Funny, I thought he belonged in a one bedroom flat where the kitchen and bath are the same room, with a 300ft extension cord draped outside his kitchen window to the parking lot 3 floors below to charge his 2023 Tesla he stole on his way out the doors for the last time

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Cold-Reflectionz t1_j8a7lpl wrote

$44 billion to give neonazis a social media platform and now its even making that trash money.

I wish the worst possible life events upon musk and his enablers.

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PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES t1_j8b8p63 wrote

I reported an account a few days ago with the most blatant racist shit. Got a reply today that it doesn't violate any of their policies.

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JennJayBee t1_j8b6svj wrote

Sounds like it's screenshot time, and send those screenshots to the advertisers to show them what type of content their brand is being associated with.

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Bobguy77 t1_j8a7wux wrote

I mean this kinda shit started YouTube's "adpocalypse." Elons gotta be careful

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Several_Flower_3232 t1_j8cxevs wrote

Pretty sure he has already been thoroughly reamed by an adpocolypse already, this is just the full transformation of twitter into a blatantly alt right website

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By_Design_ t1_j8aakc3 wrote

I wish ads were distributed blindly. I kind of don't care, I understand why people do but I feel like it's giving corporations a lot of undeserved control.

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FlaccidGhostLoad t1_j8ckx1t wrote

Because Musk is a racist, fascist, right wing asshole.

There will be more of this.

That wasn't a mistake.

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randomnighmare t1_j8d7k42 wrote

Lol, this happens when Elon throws his hands up and says, "free speech, bro" but will ban anyone making fun of him.

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billpalto t1_j8dr0fc wrote

In a way, this is good news. Twitter isn't even trying to pretend it isn't a cesspool of hate and right-wing disinformation now. They've come out in the open.

When does Twitter announce they are merging with Alex Jones? Seems like a good fit.

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DeMalgamnated t1_j8cqb9t wrote

you know if they actually cared, they would be putting anti hate content in said ads.

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apenature t1_j8dd61d wrote

Kohl's wants to diversify their target market.

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BroForceOne t1_j8b0egg wrote

Is that not how Twitter works?

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SethikTollin7 t1_j8bglwr wrote

Only acceptable ads are those that point out you're a brain wearing a meat suit?

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PhysicalDrop t1_j8afgl2 wrote

Dont know why people are surprised ads are everywhere.

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BloombergSmells t1_j8bfg0z wrote

So they run ads. And you see them in regular intervals. And they happen by whatever you are looking at. So if you are following Nazis you see ads with your Nazi shit? Ok.

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KerchBridgeSmoker t1_j8b7ukh wrote

I mean, forgive me for this, but who cares? We all know how the internet works. This isn't the same as an advertiser denying the holocaust.

I get why it would be bad to financially support a platform that allows holocaust denial. I don't get why anybody cares about ads running next to controversial tweets.

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Nubras t1_j8ba0uq wrote

You honestly don’t understand why, say, Budweiser doesn’t want their name next to someone denying the holocaust? It’s because even though that association doesn’t imply any sort of endorsement for the idea, the advertisers find it unsavory to be placed next to something so profoundly objectionable. I hope this clears it up for you.

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KerchBridgeSmoker t1_j8bb8b3 wrote

I get why they care, I just think it's silly. Everyone knows that wouldn't be an endorsement of holocaust denial.

I'm sure there are a lot of things they wouldn't want their ads next to, that are allowed. Weird porn. Graphic news stories.

I don't want to seem like I'm okay with holocaust denial. I think Twitter should just delete that sort of thing off the app. I, personally, wouldn't judge Budweiser for unfortunate placement of a tweet though. I know that the unsavory content is a result of a lack of action by Twitter, and has nothing to do with budweiser.

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magellan315 t1_j8leitt wrote

Remember when Trump said the Proud Boys to "stand back and standby"? The Proud Boys and other groups like them thought that he was ordering them to stand by for action.

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Nubras t1_j8bjaoz wrote

I happen to agree with you but you’re probably a more reasonable person than most.

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THSeaMonkey t1_j8bc7qs wrote

Because verified subscribers (in this case some hateful assholes) get a cut of ad revenue. Twitter is monetizing hatespeach and giving the perpetrators a cut, as opposed to previously restricting ad profiles on these kinds of accounts. But then again if everyone just stopped using Twitter this is all moot.

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KerchBridgeSmoker t1_j8bcrdc wrote

I don't think it's easy for someone to connect the two. If you saw a Heineken ad next to furry porn, which is allowed on Twitter, would you say Heineken is the beer of horny furries? I seriously doubt it.

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jeremyfunktrain t1_j8beao0 wrote

Why would you as an advertising agency advertise where your clients' ads might show up next to furry porn or Neo Nazi propaganda when you could buy ads cheaper elsewhere amd with people who can assure you that won't happen?

You wanna answer to share holders who might just so happen to also be Jews or just agree with the general consensus that being a Nazi is pretty bad?

Twitter is an advertisement company and if they're placing your ads next to someone calling for the death of all Jews they're a terrible one.

There's a reason why you only see certain companies advertise on 4chan and porn hub.

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Thr0waway3691215 t1_j8as8j1 wrote

I think you missed the entire point of the article. White supremacists that Musk reinstated that paid for the blue check are supposed to get a cut of ad revenue for ads under their posts. It has nothing to do with "The algorithm" putting ads next to posts because of a keyword mixup; the ads were placed by design.

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steavoh t1_j8av5nv wrote

I was talking in a general sense e.g. YouTube's adpocalypse.

If that's what Twitter is doing then I'm not surprised, they are a sinking ship anyways.

A social platform that makes a good faith effort to remove harmful content but inevitably gets a few through the cracks shouldn't be punished if an ad for an unrelated product shows up next to it.

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