2023-11-17 20:37:27
information Axios realize that the Apple has reportedly decided to suspend ad serving on X (former Twitter) after owner and former CEOChief executive officeror executive director.”>1 of the network, Elon Musk, this week endorses a antisemitic post made on the platform, which falsely accused the Jewish community of inciting hatred against white people.
This supposed decision also comes a few days after a report from the non-profit organization Media Matters show that ads from companies like Apple, Amazon, Oracle and IBM were running alongside far-right content on X, which included posts extolling Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. IBM, in fact, has already confirmed that it has stopped running ads on the social network.
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The aforementioned companies were also pressured by a group of 164 rabbis and other Jewish leaders, who denounced the presence of anti-Semitic content on X. They even published an open letter which explains the situation in detail and demands that these companies stop financing Musk’s company.
X CEO, Linda Yaccarino, said in a post yesterday that the social network has a clear position when it comes to discriminatory content, which includes those with an anti-Semitic bias. Despite Musk’s post, she also stated that X has been actively combating this type of content, in a clear attempt to keep advertisers on the platform.
X’s point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board — I think that’s something we can and should all agree on. When it comes to this platform — X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and…
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) November 16, 2023
X’s point of view has always been very clear that discrimination by everyone should STOP across the board — I think that’s something we can and should all agree on. When it comes to this platform — X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat anti-Semitism and discrimination. There’s no place for this anywhere in the world — it’s horrible and wrong. Full stop.
Although it did not comment on Apple’s supposed decision to suspend on the network, X told Axios which “does not actively position brands close to this type of content”. The company also explained that it has disabled the monetization of extreme direct pages found by Media Matters and labeled their publications as “sensitive content”.
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