It sickens me whenever I read comments under one of Elon's posts on X. 99.9% of them are from followers deluded into thinking that Elon is a champion of free speech and he is saving democracy.
I can’t comment for other countries but here the local Elon shills are mostly supporters of parties that are sometimes literally descendants of nazi collaborators that see him as the freedom of speech king while celebrating the fact that you can’t say cisgender…
> In November 2023, about a year after Musk bought the company, a number of advertisers began fleeing X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate speech on the site in general, with Musk inflaming tensions with his own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
It's still not hard to find posts which wouldn't be out of place on The Daily Stormer getting thousands of likes, on accounts with 100k+ followers, and going completely unchecked by the sites moderation. I don't think those advertisers are coming back.
> This is an antitrust action relating to a group boycott by competing advertisers of one of the most popular social media platforms in the United States.
...
>As a condition of GARM membership, GARM’s members agree to adopt, implement, and enforce GARM’s brand safety standards, including by withholding advertising from social media platforms deemed by GARM to be non-compliant with the brand safety
standards
The gist of the lawsuit is
>GARM Members Agree to Follow and Enforce the Brand Safety Standards.
It's not that uncommon to have requirements for being a member of some business association.
Antitrust against free association when the intent is to have industry standards?
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 12.4 ms ] threade: Thought I was joking, but Rumble has indeed joined in. Looking forward to this video being played in court. https://x.com/yashar/status/1729993450001711475
99% of them have nothing to do with the article of even the man, but some totem constructed to be loved or hated.
It's still not hard to find posts which wouldn't be out of place on The Daily Stormer getting thousands of likes, on accounts with 100k+ followers, and going completely unchecked by the sites moderation. I don't think those advertisers are coming back.
> This is an antitrust action relating to a group boycott by competing advertisers of one of the most popular social media platforms in the United States.
...
>As a condition of GARM membership, GARM’s members agree to adopt, implement, and enforce GARM’s brand safety standards, including by withholding advertising from social media platforms deemed by GARM to be non-compliant with the brand safety standards
The gist of the lawsuit is
>GARM Members Agree to Follow and Enforce the Brand Safety Standards.
It's not that uncommon to have requirements for being a member of some business association. Antitrust against free association when the intent is to have industry standards?