At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism. The issue came less than a week after X CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly affirmed the company’s commitment to brand safety for advertisers.

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[+] [S] 123 points 3 years ago (2 children)
  • [–] 85 points 3 years ago

    Here comes the waterworks from the alt-right fanboys

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  • [–] 63 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You mean just like placed next to regular Twitter content?

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  • [–] 59 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    NCTA and Gilead are an evil organization and an evil corporation. They should feel right at home with the Nazis.

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    [–] 55 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    Apple still advertises on Twitter. We need a website that tracks all of these companies that still advertise on that pro-nazi platform.

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    [–] 48 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Someone needs to edit their new "logo" and add four lines at the extremities, just to see what it would look like.

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    [–] 32 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You mean they appeared on Twitter?

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    [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    I couldn't help but catch the line that

    Ads for brands including Adobe, Gilead Sciences, the University of Maryland’s football team, New York University Langone Hospital and NCTA-The Internet and Television Association were run alongside tweets from the account that had garnered hundreds of thousands of views, CNN observed.

    And there's literally an entire black market of veterinarians recommending a very specific antiviral to cat parents unfortunate enough to have their cats be among the 1% of the global cat population whose mutation of feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) to feline coronavirus (FCoV) brings about Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), and that specific life-saving treatment is behind Gilead Sciences' refusal to release their patent to veterinary use...

    "Since FIP is usually fatal and there are no approved treatments available, GS-441524 has reportedly been sold on the black market and used by pet owners to treat affected cats, although Gilead Sciences has refused to license the drug for veterinary use."

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This dumpster fire keeps getting hotter and hotter.

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    [+] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
    [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Two groups of "people" who deserve each other soulless brands and elon.

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