IBM suspends advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk promotes antisemitic conspiracy theory

Probably this kind, via someone like Lobster Daddy.

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Hopefully the investors step in and oust him or it gets sold off for parts. Either way, a win for discourse on the internet.

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I hope the world as we know still exists by then, whenever that is.

Continuing to use twitter ‘out of habit’ is like seeing that a water source has been contaminated with acid and still continuing to drink from it…

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Yeah… that’s my concern, that the damage is already so extensive, that we might already be fucked. Let’s hope that’s not the case, and that we can fix shit now before it does get worse. Shutting down twitter and all of the other social media platforms that are basically just havens of the far right would be helpful.

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What kind of leverage do his investors have to force him out if he doesn’t want to go?

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Well at this rate - further required investment to keep the lights on.

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cultural marxism!

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“surely the system will not allow this to continue” :thinking:

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People who gave Musk the money to buy Xitter:

https://archive.ph/343tD#selection-1105.10-1105.11

I’m sure Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud will get right on it.

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… can’t keep them straight without a scorecard

Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal

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Thanks to everyone who shared your useful replies, and for corroborating how I was taking that post. FWIW none of the details are new to me, except for the garbage concept of “cultural Marxism” - what confused me is the deeply garbled delivery, and hearing how a bunch of people read it was helpful.

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ah. his fucking majesty is going thermonuclear again…

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Not just though. He sells or takes as he sees fit. It’s terms of service, not free speech.

Will look for link but people are describing a “new Twitter elite”, accounts that the new algorithm boosts. These are typically disinformation, misinfo, racism, conspiracy, far right. They have 2% of the followers of the major traditional media accounts and are now seen by twice as many people. If you aren’t a Nazi, Twitter doesn’t want you. Leave now. Take nothing but the children with you. There is no value there that isn’t blood money.

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He gets a sports shoe contract.

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Please do. The discovery process of such a lawsuit would be entertaining

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Social media firm boss says he will sue media watchdog that said ads were being placed alongside antisemitic content

Since they posted their findings with screenshots, it’ll be interesting to see what basis they have for complaining ‘thermonuclearly’. Or maybe he’s hoping that calling it thermonuclear will divert attention from the fact that it’s actually a SLAPP.

And I’ll be particularly excited to see them enter Musk’s “this is the absolute truth” response to that antisemitic post into the record. Because that stain should never be washed out.

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IBM pauses advertising on X after ads show up next to antisemitic content

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Now do SpaceX!

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IBM has opened all of its archives of the period to researchers so they can learn more about how the company, and especially Deutsche Hollerith, collaborated with the Nazis.

It can never undo the damage their actions caused, but it shows they are willing to learn from their unforgivable errors and expose themselves to justifiable criticism.

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…and to perhaps warn others, “don’t go there.”

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