CBS News reports:
Paid advertisements for major organizations affiliated with both the Republican and Democratic parties and some of their biggest names have appeared under pro-Nazi and racist posts shared on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, a CBS News investigation has found.
Advertisements for the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank have appeared recently under racist or pro-Nazi posts from verified accounts on X.
One of the U.S. political ads found by CBS News was under a post by a verified account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi and racist content. The account, which has nearly 100,000 followers, shared a picture of Hitler rejecting a Star of David being held by an arm draped in a striped sleeve. The advertisement showed an image of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with the caption saying it was “paid for by the NRSC.”
Read the full article. Last week the World Bank halted advertising on X after its ads appeared in pro-Hitler threads. Below, an NRSC (National Republican Senate Committee) official responds.
Interesting email I just got from CBS. Looks like they are trying to pressure advertisers to stop spending money on X by associating advertisers and @ElonMusk with white nationalists.
It is patently absurd. pic.twitter.com/kS2DOW4Naz
— Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) August 29, 2024