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Why does every other social media get a pass with this stuff? This is so blatantly a political move it’s sickening. I just went to Instagram, typed in “shoplif

Why does every other social media get a pass with this stuff? This is so blatantly a political move it’s sickening. I just went to Instagram, typed in “shoplifting” and saw dozens of extremely racist comments, followed by advertisements. I can’t imagine the stuff written on Facebook being much better and don’t get me started with TikTok.

clouddrover 3y ago
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threeseed 3y ago
Report it. And it will go through a process that has been vetted and refined over the years. That is being staffed appropriately. That has dedicated, senior, responsible leadership. That has been audited by the Media Rating Council. Musk dismantled all of this when he took over.
- TheCaptain4815 3y ago
  I’ve been seeing those videos for YEARS on my feed, and nothing has changed. Go type “shoplifting” into IG search right now, you’ll see the comments with thousands of likes, some calling for genocide among other things.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - threeseed 3y ago
    You're missing the point. It's not about individual incidents. It's about you having a process in place that companies, regulators etc can trust. And for many reasons all of the trust in X has gone. e.g. pulling out of audits: https://digiday.com/marketing/brand-safety-concerns-mount-as-x-formerly-twitter-pulls-out-of-mrc-audit/ https://digiday.com/marketing/brand-safety-concerns-mount-as...
    - sergiosgc 3y ago
      A process which clearly does not work. No reason to trust Instagram either
      - threeseed 3y ago
        Advertisers, regulators and independent auditors disagree.
SpicyLemonZest 3y ago
Other social media doesn't get a pass. Facebook faced a similar boycott in 2020, and Youtube was hit with two in 2017 and 2019. I'm sure there are earlier examples, but it gets harder to search as you go back, because the typical advertising-related boycott used to be that consumers would boycott companies who advertised in ways they didn't like. (Which, of course, is why companies have strict brand safety rules in the first place.)
phmqk76 3y ago
What’s sickening? Musk has provocatively pushed the envelope, again and again, and has courted hate speech. Which isn’t illegal, mind you, but thoroughly unpalatable to companies with decent reputations who cater to most Americans. X is still full of ads, from companies that cater to rightwing audiences. And remember, this whole lawsuit is to distract from Musk’s outrageous antisemitic tweet that was the reason that many of these companies pulled out in the first place, accusing Jewish people of hating white people and precipitating The Great Replacement against them, real Nazi shit.

clouddrover 3y ago

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threeseed 3y ago

Report it. And it will go through a process that has been vetted and refined over the years. That is being staffed appropriately. That has dedicated, senior, responsible leadership. That has been audited by the Media Rating Council. Musk dismantled all of this when he took over.

TheCaptain4815 3y ago
I’ve been seeing those videos for YEARS on my feed, and nothing has changed. Go type “shoplifting” into IG search right now, you’ll see the comments with thousands of likes, some calling for genocide among other things.
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- threeseed 3y ago
  You're missing the point. It's not about individual incidents. It's about you having a process in place that companies, regulators etc can trust. And for many reasons all of the trust in X has gone. e.g. pulling out of audits: https://digiday.com/marketing/brand-safety-concerns-mount-as-x-formerly-twitter-pulls-out-of-mrc-audit/ https://digiday.com/marketing/brand-safety-concerns-mount-as...
  - sergiosgc 3y ago
    A process which clearly does not work. No reason to trust Instagram either
    - threeseed 3y ago
      Advertisers, regulators and independent auditors disagree.

SpicyLemonZest 3y ago

Other social media doesn't get a pass. Facebook faced a similar boycott in 2020, and Youtube was hit with two in 2017 and 2019. I'm sure there are earlier examples, but it gets harder to search as you go back, because the typical advertising-related boycott used to be that consumers would boycott companies who advertised in ways they didn't like. (Which, of course, is why companies have strict brand safety rules in the first place.)

phmqk76 3y ago

What’s sickening? Musk has provocatively pushed the envelope, again and again, and has courted hate speech. Which isn’t illegal, mind you, but thoroughly unpalatable to companies with decent reputations who cater to most Americans. X is still full of ads, from companies that cater to rightwing audiences. And remember, this whole lawsuit is to distract from Musk’s outrageous antisemitic tweet that was the reason that many of these companies pulled out in the first place, accusing Jewish people of hating white people and precipitating The Great Replacement against them, real Nazi shit.