All posts tagged "Advertising"

A Canadian official Monday brutally trolled President Donald Trump after he put out an ad that aired during the World Series and led Trump to call off trade talks with its North American neighbor and impose new tariffs.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford called it "the best ad I ever ran," Newsweek reports.

The ad featured a clip from former President Ronald Reagan giving a critical take on how tariffs can backfire in foreign trade. An irate Trump threatened to retaliate with a 10% rise in tariffs, which was paused after airing. ...

(Please note strong language in paragraphs 1 and 6) By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to "Go fuck yourself" in a fiery Wednesday interview. His profanity-laced remarks followed a moment of contrition in a New York Times DealBook Summit interview. Musk said repeatedly he was sorry for publishing a tweet on Nov. 15 that agreed with an anti-Jewish post. Musk has faced a torrent of criticism ever since he agreed with a user who falsely claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people. ......

By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta is barring political campaigns and advertisers in other regulated industries from using its new generative AI advertising products, a company spokesperson said on Monday, denying access to tools that lawmakers have warned could turbo-charge the spread of election misinformation. Meta publicly disclosed the decision in updates posted to its help center on Monday night, following publication of this story. Its advertising standards prohibit ads with content that have been debunked by the company's fact-checking partners but do not have any ru......

The flagging presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis thought it was a good idea to pay for an ad on X, formerly known as Twitter, encouraging people to wish the Florida governor a happy birthday next Thursday.

The ad comes in the form of a tweet from Casey DeSantis, Ron DeSantis’ wife, and says, “Wish Ron DeSantis Happy Birthday!”

There’s a photo of a smiling DeSantis and his family....

Paris (AFP) - Oil companies are paying popular influencers to pump their gas on social media, sparking a backlash from some climate-conscious fans for promoting planet-warming fossil fuels among young people. Young online celebrities best known for posting about video games, their dogs or their holidays to millions of followers are also dropping in unexpected plugs for gasoline stations, fuel rewards and club cards. AFP found cases of such spots in India, Mexico, South Africa and the United States that promoted major oil firms such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies on platfor......

By Luc Olinga Is it a simple mistake? Is it a typo? Difficult to know. Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter since October, announced on May 11 that he had found his replacement as CEO at Twitter. The new boss will start in six weeks, the tycoon added. "Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!" the billionaire said, adding that he will transition to a behind-the-scenes role. "My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops." The next day he put an end to the suspense, revealing the identity of the person w......