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Many advertisements from various big-named companies are departing at X, formerly known as Twitter on the recent controversial endorsement of Elon Musk anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, that is described as prejudiced against Jewish people, AFP reported.
Nonprofit group Media Matters added Apple, Disney, Comcast, Lionsgate Entertainment, and Paramount Global to its list of companies pausing advertising on X.
"Lionsgate has suspended advertising on X because of Elon Musk's recent antisemitic tweets," said a spokesperson for the motion picture production and distribution company.
IBM on Thursday said it stopped advertising on X due to a report its ads were shown next to pro-Nazi posts at X.
Apple and Disney did not reply to requests for comment.
"Major blue-chip companies are announcing they will suspend all advertising," the group said on a web page featuring a running list.
In the year since taking over Twitter, now rebranded as X, Musk has gutted content moderation, restored accounts of previously banned extremists, and allowed users to purchase account verification, helping them profit from viral – but often inaccurate – posts.
伊隆馬斯克支持反猶太主義貼文引發爭議
據法新社報道,許多知名公司的廣告都在X(以前稱為Twitter)上發布,原因是最近有爭議的埃隆·馬斯克反猶太陰謀論的支持,該陰謀論被描述為對猶太人的偏見。
非營利組織 Media Matters 將蘋果、迪士尼、康卡斯特、獅門娛樂和派拉蒙全球加入暫停在 X 上刊登廣告的公司名單中。
「由於馬斯克最近發布反猶太主義推文,獅門影業已暫停在 X 上投放廣告,」該電影製作和發行公司的發言人表示。
IBM 週四表示,由於有報道稱其廣告出現在 X 上的親納粹貼文旁邊,該公司已停止在 X 上做廣告。
蘋果和迪士尼沒有回覆置評請求。
該組織在一個包含運行清單的網頁上表示:“主要藍籌公司宣布將暫停所有廣告。”
在接管Twitter(現已更名為X)後的一年裡,馬斯克取消了內容審核,恢復了先前被禁止的極端分子的帳戶,並允許用戶購買帳戶驗證,幫助他們從病毒式傳播但往往不準確的帖子中獲利。
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