Why is this even flagged?
Article title insufficiently fawning over Dear Leader, I'd assume; the Muskovites are pretty sensitive about this sort of thing.
X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticism
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#22Corrected title: X sues Media Matters to silence alleged fraudulent manipulation and libel It's not just X suing, it's also the Texas AG opening an investigation.
I'm not sure that _Ken Paxton_'s involvement bolsters the credibility of the suit any.
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#23I'm sorry, but calling this fraud is a stretch. Twitter served ads next to extremist content and doesn't deny it. Their defense is that it's rare because most people don't follow that combination of accounts* and don't doom scroll. If I were an advertiser using a service that said I could prevent my ads from appearing next to extremist content, I'd want the chance to be 0%, not rare. Rare at Twitter scale is still a…
I think the most surprising thing about the Bud Light fiasco is that their marketing department thought that Dylan Mulvaney, with his insultingly misogynistic and creepy portrayal of 'girlhood', would reflect well on their brand.
The only people who seem to celebrate Mulvaney's preposterous performances are a minority of overly-online zoomers, who aren't even the target market.
Is it really 'hateful' to look at men like this and understand that they are not women in any way, shape or form? No, it's just common sense.
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#25I have an immense distaste for Musk et al, but he seems right here. Media matters is clearly being weaponized against himself and x. There are no winners here, and those clammoring for his deplatforming for reasons of political prefrence are the most terrifying part.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, to accounts ONLY following Nazis and major advertisers and nobody else. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24172809-x-v-media-m...
As an advertiser, I would not care - did you put my brand next to a post promoting nazis or not?
This makes sense when you consider ads to represent or agree with the opinion of the nearby posts. I don't think advertisers would like that either.
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#27I have an immense distaste for Musk et al, but he seems right here. Media matters is clearly being weaponized against himself and x. There are no winners here, and those clammoring for his deplatforming for reasons of political prefrence are the most terrifying part.
He owns literally one of the largest online platforms in the world
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#28https://www.oag.state.tx.us/news/releases/attorney-general-k... Looks like criminal charges have been filed as well. Great first step against embedded propaganda in US Media.
> Attorney General Paxton was extremely troubled by the allegations that Media Matters, a radical anti-free speech organization, fraudulently manipulated data on X.com (formerly known as Twitter). Hilarious. Is the AG opening themselves up to a lawsuit with this characterization?
Fraudulently falsifying evidence with intent to harm is a felony. MM falsified manufactured and contrived evidence that materially affected X.
Slam dunk. I hope people go to jail.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Attorney General Paxton was extremely troubled by the allegations that Media Matters, a radical anti-free speech organization, fraudulently manipulated data on X.com (formerly known as Twitter). Hilarious. Is the AG opening themselves up to a lawsuit with this characterization?
Fraudulently falsifying evidence with intent to harm is a felony. MM falsified manufactured and contrived evidence that materially affected X. Slam dunk. I hope people go to jail.
Excuse me? Falsifying evidence refers specifically to court proceedings and not public discourse. You muskies say the darndest things. I'd say you should learn a bit about the law before making such wild conjectures, but jeez, you can google this.
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#30I'm sorry, but calling this fraud is a stretch. Twitter served ads next to extremist content and doesn't deny it. Their defense is that it's rare because most people don't follow that combination of accounts* and don't doom scroll. If I were an advertiser using a service that said I could prevent my ads from appearing next to extremist content, I'd want the chance to be 0%, not rare. Rare at Twitter scale is still a…
I think the most surprising thing about the Bud Light fiasco is that their marketing department thought that Dylan Mulvaney, with his insultingly misogynistic and creepy portrayal of 'girlhood', would reflect well on their brand. The only people who seem to celebrate Mulvaney's preposterous performances are a minority of overly-online zoomers, who aren't even the target market. Is it really 'hateful' to look at men l…
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