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Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content

www.cnn.com Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content | CNN Business

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 b...

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Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content | CNN Business

www.cnn.com /2023/08/16/tech/x-ads-pro-nazi-account-brand-safety/index.html

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Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content

www.cnn.com /2023/08/16/tech/x-ads-pro-nazi-account-brand-safety/index.html

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Is there a link to the picture of this ad next to nazi content. I couldnt find it in the article.
- Also, was it fascist or nazi?
  Both terms have been watered down to mean nothing.
  
  Does the distinction even matter in this context? Neither is good and neither should be permitted.
  
  Whether it was fascist or not matter because the word has lost its meaning. Could be something fairly innocuous really.
  neither should be permitted.
  lol yeah sounds totally righteous to dictate which opinions others should have
  
  Whether it was fascist or not matter because the word has lost its meaning. Could be something fairly innocuous really.
  CNN sources a Media Matters report which goes into detail as to the content of the twitter account. Tl;dr, it's an explicitly neo-nazi account which regularly posted memes and content praising Hitler and the Nazi party and pushing neo-nazi talking points.
  I'm not sure what it accomplishes playing semantic games about whether something fits the technical definition of fascism (Nazi Germany absolutely does, btw) when the commonly understood definition of far-right, ultra-nationalist, authoritarianism is abundantly clear.
  lol yeah sounds totally righteous to dictate which opinions others should have
  I don't think anyone is proposing that we dictate others' opinions. But companies, advertisers, and platforms are under no obligation to be associated with the expression of those opinions, and I have no issue stating that Nazis, Fascists, and their ideological descendants are very unwelcome on Beehaw.
  
  A day ago I was talking to a friend about Microsoft and they equated Microsoft to Nazis, I said let's be realistic, they aren't Nazis, they said fine the KKK. Watering down these terms to mean someone you don't like is super dangerous and let's actual Nazis and KKK just play off the accusations as someone not liking them.
  So I agree, it's been watered down and it's really a bad thing.
  
  Those who claim that terms like “Nazi” or “fascist” are being watered down are usually Nazis/fascists themselves, and they're trying to cover it up by convincing everyone that Nazis/fascists don't exist.
  
  People denying the existence of robots may themselves be robots.

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