"As of writing, 1/2 of the accounts MMFA screenshotted posting Nazi content still remain active.

Amidst all this, Twitter / X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed that the platform did show big advertisers' posts next to white supremacist content, but attempted to play it down by stating that nearly nobody saw it....Even so, the objections are likely less about how many people saw it, and more about it being a possibility in the first place."

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“Instead, the lawsuit alleges that Media Matters was able to see advertisers' content next to Nazi content by using profiles which had been active for over 30 days, ‘bypassing X's ad filter for new users,’ and only following accounts from either prominent advertisers or ‘those known to produce extreme fringe content.’”

It’s like they took the goal posts and shaped them to their exact dimensions

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It's more like, they put the ball through the goalposts by intentionally kicking it in that direction. That doesn't mean they didn't score! 😁

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