{"id":1173181,"date":"2023-08-18T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1173181"},"modified":"2023-08-18T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:50:33","slug":"x-suspends-pro-nazi-account-after-two-brands-halt-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1173181","title":{"rendered":"X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1581276297-800x532-1.jpg\" alt=\"X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GettyImages-1581276297.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"681\" data-width=\"1024\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/the-new-logo-rebranded-as-x-displayed-on-mobile-seen-in-news-photo\/1581276297\">NurPhoto \/ Contributor | NurPhoto<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Throughout Twitter&#8217;s rebrand into X, advertisers have started becoming more confident using the platform, CEO Linda Yaccarino recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/08\/10\/x-corp-ceo-linda-yaccarino-says-she-has-autonomy-under-elon-musk.html\">told CNBC<\/a>. To bring more advertisers back, X has added new brand safety controls to stop ads from appearing where advertisers don&#8217;t want them to appear. However, amid these improvements, at least two brands have once again suspended advertising on X, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/16\/tech\/x-ads-pro-nazi-account-brand-safety\/\">CNN reported<\/a>\u2014after a Media Matters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/twitter\/update-under-linda-yaccarino-x-placing-ads-major-brands-verified-pro-hitler-account\">report<\/a> shared screenshots of their ads appearing next to posts from a verified pro-Nazi account.<\/p>\n<p>According to CNN, the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences and NCTA-The Internet and Television Association &#8220;immediately paused their ad spending on X after CNN flagged their ads on the pro-Nazi account.&#8221; This account\u2014which was verified in April and has now been suspended\u2014&#8221;shared content celebrating Hitler and the Nazi Party,&#8221; with some posts garnering &#8220;hundreds of thousands of views,&#8221; CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>Before its suspension, other brands appeared in this account&#8217;s feed, including The Athletic, MLB, the Atlanta Falcons, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Amazon, and Office Depot, Media Matters reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1961835#p3\">Read 19 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1961835&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1961835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X suspends pro-Nazi account after two brands halt advertising<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto \/ Contributor | NurPhoto) Throughout Twitter&#8217;s rebrand into X, advertisers have started becoming more confident using the platform, CEO Linda Yaccarino recently told CNBC. 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