IBM on Thursday said it had immediately suspended all advertising on Elon Musk-owned X after a report found its ads were placed next to content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
IBM sold machines to the original Nazis, so I guess this time around they at least want to keep up the appearance of giving a shit where their money comes from
Maybe this guy is old enough to remember it? Not likely. I drive an ID.4 and the other day some dude drove by me with the Nazi salute. Some people don’t understand context.
Fun Fact: The more advertisers that pull out because they appear next to nazi shit increases the likelihood the remaining advertisers will appear next to nazi shit.
“When it comes to this platform - X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination. There’s no place for it anywhere in the world - it’s ugly and wrong. Full stop,” said Yaccarino.
Companies are so full of shit when they pull ads like this. They wouldn’t use Google ad program if they were worried about their ads being on bad content.
Yep. Shame on any company or individual that’s still active on Twitter. It’s a nazi platform now and there’s no excuse to still be there. Mastodon exists, so if you’re still on Twitter you are part of the problem.
And it’s sad how much pushback this conversation gets. When you try to tell people that remaining there is giving explicit support for the Nazi platform it’s become, there’s always some sort of excuse.
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IBM sold machines to the original Nazis, so I guess this time around they at least want to keep up the appearance of giving a shit where their money comes from
Which is weird given IBM’s WWII history.
They don’t want to remind anyone of that
Is it though? No one currently working at IBM was there in WWII. It’s pretty meaningless to point fingers at a corporations history when it’s so dated
That’s like judging current Germany based on WWII. Different times, different people
Maybe this guy is old enough to remember it? Not likely. I drive an ID.4 and the other day some dude drove by me with the Nazi salute. Some people don’t understand context.
My grandfather told me he saw German tanks with a Ford logo on the western front.
He drove a Cadillac.
Of course it is not. People are just meming, including up voters.
Meming’s fun but I wish it wouldn’t be everywhere all the time.
Fun Fact: The more advertisers that pull out because they appear next to nazi shit increases the likelihood the remaining advertisers will appear next to nazi shit.
Musical chairs, Nazi shit edition
Perfect comparison
Pro-Nazi content. In other words, Elon’s own posts.
Hahahahahaaaaahaaaha. Ha.
They are just now realizing this?
Probably they are just now being called out on it
Companies are so full of shit when they pull ads like this. They wouldn’t use Google ad program if they were worried about their ads being on bad content.
So, IBM walks into a Nazi bar, and after six drinks, slurrs to the bartender, “What’s with all the swastikas?”
It’s all pro-Nazi content now.
Yep. Shame on any company or individual that’s still active on Twitter. It’s a nazi platform now and there’s no excuse to still be there. Mastodon exists, so if you’re still on Twitter you are part of the problem.
And it’s sad how much pushback this conversation gets. When you try to tell people that remaining there is giving explicit support for the Nazi platform it’s become, there’s always some sort of excuse.
IBM, Lions Gate, Apple, EU… https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x-antisemitism-twitter-ads-83e68f03e9bf1d261c1a8c55066c4e59
Ironically unironic. An accurate, if uncomfortable reminder of their history.