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 brand safety for advertisers.

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    1 year ago

    Companies aren’t real, they’re just people organized into a collective, and people do have ethics.

    And contrary to Internet wisdom, corporations do not have a legal obligation to pursue profit at all cost.

    One might ask what the point of spreading that particular lie was.

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        1 year ago

        Sure. But I find it strange that people act like those evil fucks are a faceless building and not individuals you can point to and say, “Hey, no, it’s that guy, he enslaved those kids.”