Following Twitter owner Elon Musk’s recent restoration of a large number of previously banned users, advertisements for more than thirty brands, including significant corporations, started to appear on the Twitter pages of white nationalist accounts. After Twitter owner Elon Musk allowed a large number of previously banned users to rejoin the social media network, advertisements for more than thirty brands, including significant corporations, started to appear on the Twitter pages of white nationalist accounts recently. At least two white nationalists, Andrew Anglin and Patrick Casey, who both claimed their accounts had been banned. Their accounts were recently reinstated after Musk took control of Twitter in late October. He accidentally saw promoted tweets from Amazon, Snap, Uber, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Elon Musk claim himself “free-speech absolutist”. (…) According to a review conducted by The Washington Post, roughly 40 brands had advertisements appear on white nationalist pages. Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, a Comcast and NBC-led effort to honor the legacy of racial justice pioneers, it was among them. Advertisers whose content appeared on the pages included media companies such as USA Today and Morning Brew. Brand advertisements also appeared beneath white supremacist posts from accounts. However, it display names such as “No White Guilt Clips” and “White Power Ranger,” the latter of which posted a photo of what appeared to be a Nazi officer with a Hugo Boss logo. It was a reference to the designer brand that has apologized for its role in the atrocities. However, it was restored by musk.
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siehe auch: Amazon, Uber ads appear on Twitter pages of white nationalists restored by Musk. Ads from dozens of major brands were appearing on white nationalist and extremist accounts. Ads for more than three dozen brands including major corporations appeared on the Twitter pages of white nationalist accounts in recent days after Twitter owner Elon Musk restored hordes of banned users to the social media platform. Promoted tweets from Amazon, Snap, Uber and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, among others, appeared inadvertently on the pages of at least two white nationalists, Andrew Anglin and Patrick Casey, both of whom said their accounts had been banned but were restored recently after Musk took control of Twitter in late October. (…) On Tuesday, roughly 40 brands had ads appear on the white nationalist pages, according to a review conducted by The Post. Those included the Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, a Comcast and NBC-led effort to honor the legacy of racial justice pioneers. Media companies including USA Today and Morning Brew were also among the advertisers whose content appeared on the pages.