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Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by danenania on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:08PM (#27837793)
The advertisers are bluffing when they threaten these boycotts. They're not going to stop advertising on google, facebook, twitter, etc., which these days probably represents a majority of their advertising budget and even more of their ROI. They'll make threats because it costs them nothing, but all the platforms need to do is say "no" and that would be the end of it. Even better: immediately ban the accounts of companies that make these threats. They won't receive any more of them.
Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by addicted on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:11PM (#27837834)
They don't need to stop all advertising. They can simply stop advertising on Youtube and focus advertising on Facebook, or stop on Twitter and focus on Tik Tok.

They can pit the providers against each other. And that's basically how a free market works.

Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by eli on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @04:19PM (#27837908)
Yeah I don't think Facebook is going to ban Coca Cola