Elon Musk demands Bob Iger 'be fired' after Disney pulled ads from X

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/elon-musk-demands-bob-iger-be-fired-after-disney-pulled-ads-from-x/index.html

by prawn • 3 years ago

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I_Am_Nous5• 3 years ago

"I demand that you continue funding my social media site!"

Elon seems to have felt untouchable for a long time. There is a limit to how much people will overlook in the pursuit of money but let's be real here - Disney is trying to portray itself as a family company. Basically anything that happens on Twitter at this point is pretty much not family friendly. Elon being Elon might have given Disney an easy excuse to back out of ad buys on a platform they don't see a large enough target market using.

shark_laser14• 3 years ago

I think it's reasonable to ask where the line is. Disney has no problems advertising on platforms currently being sued for distributing child abuse material...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/new-mexico-sues-meta-ceo-zucke...

I_Am_Nous5• 3 years ago

The line is probably "Elon was an asshole about everything in general" while Zuck is way more low profile. Clearly it isn't just an idealogical dispute or they would suspend from Meta too.

wkat42422• 3 years ago

At least meta has tons of moderators trying to find this content and block it. Twitter has literally one moderator for all of the Dutch market.

clouddrover6• 3 years ago

The line is wherever they want it to be. They're the customer. They can buy ad space or not.

If they think association with Musk makes them look bad then they won't buy ads on his platform.

rsynnott2• 3 years ago

I mean, I think _intent_, and scale, probably comes into it. Clearly, Facebook does not want this sort of material; its existence is merely a failure of moderation, and something that advertisers can lean on Facebook to fix. It also, realistically, isn't at all prominent; Facebook is not going to abruptly shove it in the face of 165 million people. On the other hand, Musk himself in the past few weeks has posted "Great Replacement" and Pizzagate far-right conspiracy bullshit, broadcasting it to his 165 million followers. Based on this alone, I think most reasonable people would doubt that Twitter has any intention of cleaning up its Nazi problem.

londons_explore• 3 years ago

Basically anything that happens on Twitter at this point is pretty much not family friendly

Dunno which bit of twitter you're on, but my corner has been family friendly pretty much forever.

I_Am_Nous5• 3 years ago

The main buzz of Twitter is adult content (not perverse, just for adults). So there aren't really any kids to advertise to on the platform and basically anything can show up in the algorithmic feeds.

rsynnott2• 3 years ago

So, I've been off Twitter since last November, but before I went, until I blocked him, virtually every Musk tweet was showing up in the algorithmic feed for me, and it was constantly suggesting I follow him. And, like, a lot of the material he's been tweeting lately is very far from family friendly, unless you're a rather odd and frightening family.

(Of course, possibly it doesn't do the Musk hyperpromotion thing anymore.)

Zigurd2• 3 years ago

You could check the Elon headlines on Hacker News, like "Elon drives 9,500% increase in Pizzagate content."

pengaru• 3 years ago

“What this advertising boycott is going to do, it’s going to kill the company,” Musk candidly said.

I'm not sure Musk which company Musk's referring to here...

wkat42422• 3 years ago

I think the reason he's bashing Disney is because they're a pretty inclusive company and currently at odds with the conservative governor of Florida. So it's a move that will resonate very well with the community that remains on Twitter.

afinlayson• 3 years ago

The meme "I declare bankruptcy" comes to mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-m3RtoguAQ

fuzzfactor• 3 years ago

Let's see, Disney started out entertaining and ended up with serious broadcast TV stations, operating news departments publishing overwhelmingly fact-checked information, and their appeal to the consuming public has been growing at a healthy pace off and on for decades.

OTOH, Twitter was mainly a gossip rag a year or two ago, more amusing than entertaining, and it has gone downhill steadily since. Nothing like the kind of fact-checking you would need from a reliable information source, and the overall appeal just isn't the same any more. And that was people who loved Twitter.

verdverm2• 3 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5733456 (Choosing Minecraft over Disney, by a mother, 11 years ago)

Disney has had many questionable content decisions over the years. I would not put them on a pedestal any more then Elon and Twitter

slimebot802• 3 years ago

I'd definitely put them on a pedestal above X. No comparison.

No company is perfect, but what-about-isms trying to equate everything when someones preferred company is clearly deficient is just so lame.

ofcourseyoudo• 3 years ago

Not sure what your link has to do with any "questionable content decisions" Disney has made, but it's hilarious that her alternative is to let her child play Minecraft and watch YouTube instead of "Wizards of Waverly Place". Thank goodness she isn't exposed to the adult sarcasm of Disney tween content, just the wholesome world of YouTube!

slimebot802• 3 years ago

X has a massive porn problem and no staff to even register it as an issue.

So weird that he is diving into these attacks.

Either he is ignorant, or he knows and is trying to keep above water by pushing others down.

sschueller• 3 years ago

What kind of psychosis is Elon experiencing thinking advertisers don't have the right to pick where they want to advertise? I thought the US is a free country where one can do business with whom one wants.

tim333• 3 years ago

With Musk now bringing back Alex Jones and pushing pro Russia stuff I think it may for the best if X just goes bust. Musk does great cars and rockets but not really social media.

Elon Musk demands Bob Iger 'be fired' after Disney pulled ads from X

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