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Most of the world's biggest advertisers have stopped buying ads on Elon Musk's X, exclusive new data shows::Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have recently stated that most of the company's top-spending advertisers from last year have returned.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

To use the platform to support rightwing candidates in fachist/ hostile takeovers of democratic governments.

[-] HollandJim@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This would make sense. His affiliations with state governments, which he plays against each other when looking to set up somewhere, would be reinforced if he could control the conversation. Then there’s China, where he’s the one beholden to the government, and he could offer some control to help shape their international image in return for just access to cheap labour and an export market, or to the Saudis where he can always find more funds.

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