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Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott'

33 points by healsdata 2y ago

rideontime 2y ago
Maybe Gab, Gettr, and Truth Social can join in on the lawsuit. e: 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 https://x.com/yashar/status/1729993450001711475
- techostritch 2y ago
  So has the daily wire
jprd 2y ago
It amazes me the temper tantrums such rich people can have. The Bourbon court was more in-tune with other humans.
msie 2y ago
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.
- nabla9 2y ago
  Deluded + bots.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > 99.9% of them are from followers deluded into thinking that Elon is a champion of free speech and he is saving democracy 99% of them have nothing to do with the article of even the man, but some totem constructed to be loved or hated.
- glenndebacker 2y ago
  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…
jsheard 2y ago
> 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.
nabla9 2y ago
From the COMPLAINT > 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?
ortusdux 2y ago
Link to the lawsuit: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25033227/x-v-garm.pdf https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25033227/x-v-garm.pdf
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33 points by healsdata 2y ago

Maybe Gab, Gettr, and Truth Social can join in on the lawsuit. e: 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 https://x.com/yashar/status/1729993450001711475

techostritch 2y ago
So has the daily wire

jprd 2y ago

It amazes me the temper tantrums such rich people can have. The Bourbon court was more in-tune with other humans.

msie 2y ago

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.

nabla9 2y ago
Deluded + bots.
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> 99.9% of them are from followers deluded into thinking that Elon is a champion of free speech and he is saving democracy 99% of them have nothing to do with the article of even the man, but some totem constructed to be loved or hated.
glenndebacker 2y ago
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…

jsheard 2y ago

> 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.

nabla9 2y ago

From the COMPLAINT > 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?

ortusdux 2y ago

Link to the lawsuit: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25033227/x-v-garm.pdf https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25033227/x-v-garm.pdf

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