Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far
by drstewart on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:23PM
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>While I'd love to see it come out that GM doesn't want to be associated with high profile antisemites and conspiracy theorists like Ye
Any company trying to claim this now should justify why they had no problem advertising on Twitter while Iran and Al Qaeda had official Twitter accounts
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far
by erikpukinskis on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:54PM
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GM would be very happy to see Musk lose control of Tesla. Which is much more likely if Twitter fails.
General Motors just suspended all advertising on Twitter. I've no idea how much their Twitter ad spend compares to that of other companies but certainly GM is not a small company. While I'd love to see it come out that GM doesn't want to be associated with high profile antisemites and conspiracy theorists like Ye, I'd bet it's much more straightforward: GM doesn't want its ad dollars to fund or otherwise be associated with a direct competitor (Tesla).
The problem with a Musk owned Twitter is that there is such a vast range of conflicts of interest. With Musk at the helm it's just that much harder for a company facing social/political pressure to justify doing business with Twitter.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-28/gm-tempor...