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Most of ESPN’s accounts were inactive yesterday after Disney announced on Friday that it was done advertising on X, formerly Twitter. Disney’s decision followed posts by platform owner Elon Musk agreeing with antisemitic and white power accounts. AwfulAnnouncing spotted the inactivity yesterday, noting that the main ESPN account has almost 50 million followers. While a handful of the accounts had some activity, the primary ESPN account, NBA on ESPN, First Take, NFL on ESPN, ESPN Plus, and others have not posted, replied, or liked anything since at least Friday as of this writing. Other accounts, like ESPN FC, ESPN College Football, and SportsCenter, each posted or reposted once yesterday, while some, like the ESPN Desportes and ESPN PR account, were active throughout the day. Disney’s X accounts were similarly silent, as were others the company owns, like the Marvel Entertainment account. Disney joined other major advertisers like Apple, Warner Bros. Discovery, IBM, and Comcast / NBCUniversal. The exodus followed a report from nonprofit Media Matters pointing to Musk’s posts, as well as advertising that was showing up next to posts celebrating the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler. X is one of the most popular places online to discuss sports, so

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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTWarner Bros. and Sony have joined other companies in pausing spending on X, formerly Twitter, over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post.The Warner Bros. studio. The company has joined other prominent brands in halting their advertising spending on X.Credit...Mario Anzuoni/ReutersNov. 18, 2023, 4:18 p.m. ETMore major advertisers have paused their spending on X, the social media service formerly known as Twitter, as the backlash continued over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X.The entertainment company Warner Bros. and Sony have joined other prominent brands in halting their spending on X. IBM cut off its advertising on X on Thursday, while Apple, Lionsgate, the entertainment and film distribution company, and Paramount Global, the media giant that owns CBS, all paused their ads on Friday.The spending freeze comes as X has fought to win back advertisers who were wary of spending on the platform after Mr. Musk took it over a year ago and said he would loosen content moderation rules. Major brands tend to be cautious about placing their ads next to posts with offensive or hateful speech.Mr. Musk, who bought Twitter in October 2022 and renamed it X, drew scrutiny this week after replying to

NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, and Apple are all suspending ads from X (formerly Twitter) after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic comments on the platform. Reps for NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount Global, and Lionsgate all confirmed to IndieWire the companies have suspended ads, but none have issued a statement specifically condemning Musk’s remarks. Sony Pictures is also not currently advertising on X, an individual with knowledge told IndieWire. Disney’s film “Wish” opens in theaters on November 22. Lionsgate this weekend is releasing the new “Hunger Games” prequel movie “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” It’s unclear how much advertising or how many ad dollars are being suspended. The companies’ moves follow similar decisions by tech companies like Apple and IBM to suspend ads on X, as Axios first reported. Media Matters in a report revealed that posts from Apple, IBM, Oracle, Bravo (NBCUniversal), and Comcast were all shown next to posts that promoted far-right content. Musk back in March singled out Disney and Apple as two of Twitter’s biggest advertisers. IBM said in a statement to Axios on Thursday it “has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination, and we have immediately suspended all advertising on

According to a new report from Axios, Apple is pausing all advertising on Twitter, the social media platform currently known as X. The move comes after a report on Thursday highlighted that ads from Apple and other companies were shown alongside far-right conspiracy theories and antisemitic content. Today’s report from Axios cites anonymous sources and says that Apple is “pausing all advertising” on X. There are no further details on how long this pause will last. It follows a similar decision from IBM, which announced plans to pause all advertising on the platform on Thursday. A report from Media Matters on Thursday highlighted that ads from a number of companies were being shown alongside posts containing far-right conspiracy theories and antisemitic content. The report cited examples, including ads from Apple, IBM, Oracle, and more. Apple’s decision also comes after Elon Musk himself backed an antisemitic tweet that accused “Jewish communities” of pushing “dialectical hatred against whites” on Wednesday. “You have said the actual truth,” Musk tweeted. When Elon Musk initially acquired Twitter last year and implemented several changes to things like verification and content moderation, Apple briefly scaled back its advertising on the platform. At the time, Musk publicly accused

Linda Yaccarino continues to act as though her boss isn't actively pushing the site toward right-wing extremism Not even 24 hours transpired between Elon Musk endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X, formerly Twitter, and his appointed CEO of the company, Linda Yaccarino, declaring that the site has made “efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination.” Predictably, her tweet was met with a deluge of replies pointing out that the platform’s owner — her boss — has done as much as anyone to amplify white nationalist ideology online. On Wednesday, Musk engaged in a thread that began with X user @CWBOCA sharing a PSA from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, in which a father confronts his son for posting “Hitler was right” on social media. “To the cowards hiding behind the anonymity of the internet and posting ‘Hitler was right,'” the user wrote in the tweet. “You got something you want to say? Why don’t you say it to our faces.” To this, another user, @breakingbaht, replied: “Okay. Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.” The post went on to claim that Jewish populations

Just hours after Elon Musk endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Wednesday night, a new report uncovered advertisements from major companies being placed on pro-Nazi content on X, Musk's platform, formerly known as Twitter.As of Thursday evening, one of those companies, IBM, has officially paused all advertising on X.“IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation," IBM said in a statement to outlets such as the Financial Times and The Verge.On Wednesday, Musk replied to a post from a user spreading an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that claims Jewish people are replacing whites with immigrants from minority groups."You have said the actual truth," replied Musk in a post that now has nearly 6 million views on X.  Tweet may have been deleted In subsequent posts, Musk doubled down, explicitly naming organizations like the ADL, which he accused of refusing to "criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat."Musk's handpicked CEO for X, Linda Yaccarino, appeared to address the criticism of Musk's posts in a post of her own on Thursday afternoon. Tweet may have been deleted "X’s point of view has always been

It would appear the state of Victoria is once again living rent free in the minds of the other eight AFL clubs, as they take to social media to poke fun at the AFL’s opening round starting in Sydney and Queensland. Despite heavyweight Victorian clubs in Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond and Melbourne being called in to ensure an audience, the Giants and Swans have taken to Twitter to call out those annoyed by the lack of footy in Melbourne to start the season, including Collingwood premiership player Mason Cox. Cox tweeted: “Round 1 NRL goes to Las Vegas. AFL premiers go to … A showground for livestock”. (Referring to Giants Stadium, where the Sydney Royal Easter Show is held). — Mason Cox AFL (@masonsixtencox) November 15, 2023 To which the Giants responded: Victorians when they have to leave Victoria... https://t.co/93cY9wOILP pic.twitter.com/RM5WDkVXFH— GWS GIANTS (@GWSGIANTS) November 15, 2023 Happy to provide you with some tickets to the @eastershow @masonsixtencox 🧡— GWS GIANTS (@GWSGIANTS) November 15, 2023 Cox instead suggested he would buy the Giants their tickets – given they handed over Norm Smith Medallist Bobby Hill to the Magpies in the previous trade period. I’ll buy you some. We still owe you

We are halfway through the first semi-final of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 and have already witnessed numerous iconic moments in the India Vs New Zealand match. As Team India finished their innings on 397-4, fans couldn’t control their emotions and shared their excitement on their social media accounts. Let’s take a look: Sure. But it was still a bloody good and interesting innings to watch!11th highest team score ever at a World Cup. And they never looked troubled at all. Amazing innings.— Andrew Donnison (@Donno79) November 15, 2023 As they say, Cricket is a game where legends are born, records are shattered, and the spirit of sportsmanship prevails. Fortunate to witness such an extraordinary innings of teamwork and consistency in the knockout match of #CWC2023. #IndiaVsNewZealand #BleedBlue— Shobhan Meher (@ShobhanMeher) November 15, 2023 What an innings 😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭 now this will finally put term "chokli" to end. So happy 🫶— Cricket_dude (@Hatedguy123) November 15, 2023 Most sixes in a team innings for India in the WCs:19 vs New Zealand, Mumbai WS, 202318 vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 200716 vs Netherlands, Bengaluru, 2023— Amit Singh 🇮🇳❣️ (@KR_AMIT007) November 15, 2023 🏏 Stellar first innings display by Team India against NZ!