This is an old tactic to pressure social media companies to change their policies. They've done this repeatedly to Youtube, as well. I believe, The New York Pravda and Bezos Gazette made several attempts resulting in several 'Adpocalypses'. I've always suspected that these attempts were coordinated with Youtube insiders to force an internal policy change, because the policy changes 'inexplicably' ended up favoring a certain political outlook. Surprise!
I remember it happening with Fox News over a decade ago. This kind of threat to advertisers should be illegal. It's not a "I'm just not gonna buy your products!" boycott. It's a mafia shakedown.
A hit in their ad revenue hits their bottom line. In order to effectuate a change, that damages their bottom line, they'll have to manufacture a pretext. That's where the insiders come into play. Not everyone might be on board with accepting a reduction in ad revenue in order to implement some socio-political agenda, which is why a pretext is manufactured.
This is an old tactic to pressure social media companies to change their policies. They've done this repeatedly to Youtube, as well. I believe, The New York Pravda and Bezos Gazette made several attempts resulting in several 'Adpocalypses'. I've always suspected that these attempts were coordinated with Youtube insiders to force an internal policy change, because the policy changes 'inexplicably' ended up favoring a certain political outlook. Surprise!
I remember it happening with Fox News over a decade ago. This kind of threat to advertisers should be illegal. It's not a "I'm just not gonna buy your products!" boycott. It's a mafia shakedown.
Force? It's not like those big techs aren't filled with leftists from the very top
A hit in their ad revenue hits their bottom line. In order to effectuate a change, that damages their bottom line, they'll have to manufacture a pretext. That's where the insiders come into play. Not everyone might be on board with accepting a reduction in ad revenue in order to implement some socio-political agenda, which is why a pretext is manufactured.