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EU stops advertising on X over hate speech. Fines could follow next year (www.cnn.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EU stops advertising on X over hate speech. Fines could follow next year::The European Union is pulling its advertisements from Elon Musk’s X for now, citing an “alarming increase” in hate speech and disinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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[+] [email protected] -14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I get, and approve of, ending your sponsorship via ads. But I don't think legal recourse should be rewarded.

Any business transaction has risk. If you decide to advertise on Superbowl, you're putting your chips on NFL.

If you're advertising on Twitter, after the Musk purchase, your money is on Musk and Twitters staff to continue the value. If Musk says stupid shit that devalues your investment... well, that's on you for putting your money on it, and not exercising your exit clause a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

I think the person you replied to assumed that the legal action was related to the pulling of ads, when they're actually two independent incidents.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It's two separate things, from the article:

A more drastic move could come next year. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, could impose a fine of more than $100 million on X if the company is found to have breached tough new EU rules aimed at cleaning up digital media.