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Musk, the Movie

193 points · 165 comments · yablak

  1. clumsysmurf · · focus · HN ↗
    Hopefully the word gets out, because

    "The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’"

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hollywoodreporter.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;digital&#x2F;elon-musk-documentary-trailer-rejected-tiktok-youtube-1236710259&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hollywoodreporter.com&#x2F;business&#x2F;digital&#x2F;elon-musk...

    1. notatoad · · focus · HN ↗
      they&#x27;ve reversed this decision <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yahoo.com&#x2F;entertainment&#x2F;movies&#x2F;articles&#x2F;youtube-meta-reverse-course-accept-184540210.html?guccounter=1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yahoo.com&#x2F;entertainment&#x2F;movies&#x2F;articles&#x2F;youtube-...
      1. clumsysmurf · · focus · HN ↗
        Reading that, it sounds even worse...

        &gt; A YouTube spokesperson said the ad should be appearing soon, though as of late Saturday morning Bleecker Street has not yet been informed of any change.

        &gt; The Meta reversal is especially notable as the company had previously rejected an appeal by Bleecker Street, leaving it with few options to run ads on Instagram and Facebook.

        &gt; TikTok and X have remained quiet and continue not to run the ad.

    2. guelo · · focus · HN ↗
      This is so worrying. All the evil billionaires banding together means democracy is in grave danger.
      1. saturn8601 · · focus · HN ↗
        I&#x27;m looking at the Theater list right now and it&#x27;s not looking great maybe they&#x27;re still ironing out the details. We are still a few weeks away. Social media companies can block all they want, but there are tons of art house theaters across the country that can play this thing, and they&#x27;re not(so far). It&#x27;s really annoying that the first run is only on these enthusiast-led theaters. It&#x27;s a bad omen its as if the distributors don&#x27;t have a lot of confidence in this film.
      2. wallst07 · · focus · HN ↗
        &quot;So worrying&quot; ... because of marketing for a movie?

        I can think of 1000 things more worrying that ad money for a documentary not being accepted for whatever reason on private platoforms.

        1. JKCalhoun · · focus · HN ↗
          I can think of few more petty though.
        2. guelo · · focus · HN ↗
          It&#x27;s political speech. If they own and censor all the marketing and distribution channels do we really have free speech?
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