If advertising worked, this would hurt the advertisers because less people would find out about their products or be bamboozled into buying shit they don't need. The advertisers mostly do this as a means to support fellow state actors through funds with minimal oversight.
Correct. Not one of these companies throwing a tantrum over this is removing their advertising from TikTok, a platform that's been promoting far worse than anything they are kvetching over on X.
Advertising is bullshit anyway.
If advertising worked, this would hurt the advertisers because less people would find out about their products or be bamboozled into buying shit they don't need. The advertisers mostly do this as a means to support fellow state actors through funds with minimal oversight.
Correct. Not one of these companies throwing a tantrum over this is removing their advertising from TikTok, a platform that's been promoting far worse than anything they are kvetching over on X.