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Re: X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked

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What sort of topics are currently being censored? I haven't seen examples of things being suppressed, but that's also why I'm asking; because I wouldn't have seen things that got suppressed.

Do you live in a box? Twitter used to fight _actual_ censorship. From governments demanding things be taken down. Musk rolls over like a puppy for China, India, Turkiye, etc...

> that's also why I'm asking; because I wouldn't have seen things that got suppressed

Re: X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and the censorship he disliked may return. Banning Nazis is not censorship, it's basic hygiene.

Pre-elon twitter banned some nazis, sometimes, there were still plenty of them around. It also banned a-lot of normal people who were questioning official narratives, people who just so happened to get report-bombed, people who were joking around with eachother about innocuous things that weren't against the ToS, people who governments wanted banned, etc etc. All of that has gotten much better, and appeals are approv…

> It also banned a-lot of normal people who were questioning official narratives

They really didn't. "Non official narratives" were usually conspiracy theories or hate speech. If anything, these accounts were given multiple opportunities before being banned. Only the worst of the worst were banned.

Re: X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked

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Different but I've seen multiple ads from the @NFL (and a few other brands) on X that are not labeled as ads. This is on the "Following" tab which is supposed to only show tweets from accounts you follow (I do not follow the NFL)

In addition to this, the “hitbox” for the … to block the ad is very tiny and you end up viewing the ad…

Yes - I've gotten very good at hitting that little, shrinking 3 dot spot.
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