Yaccarino didn’t quite make it out of the terrible twos as she steps down as CEO at Elon Musk’s platform.
In response to widespread backlash against xAI’s chatbot Grok creating and disseminating nude and lewd images of people on X, the platform has said it has “implemented technological measures” aimed at preventing users from utilising Grok to “[edit] images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis”. Whether the changes are effective is another matter.
Analysis: The caveat could be designed to force the merged entity to advertise with media owners sympathetic to the Trump administration.
It may be too painful to accept that what Elon Musk is doing to our industry is highly dangerous. We must all resist the urge to see this shocking behaviour as the new normal.
Outvertising’s communications co-director joins Jack Benjamin to argue the ethical and business cases for reapportioning spend away from Meta and express the raw impact Meta’s policy changes have had on the LGBTQ+ community.
Analysis: X’s new UK MD is likely to be tasked with addressing brand-safety concerns, staving off competition and convincing brands that X is indispensable in media plans.
Social media companies might be trying to ditch the label amid souring public and political perception, but ad revenues continued to grow substantially for many of the world’s biggest platforms.
Many have made the decision to leave X this year — but quitting is harder than it looks. Here are some tips on how to do it should you no longer want to be part of Elon Musk’s business empire.
The lawsuit, filed in August, led to the dissolution of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media. Critics say Unilever’s settlement is akin to kowtowing to a bully.
Bauer Media will help combat “shockingly common” issues associated with social media, the company’s ad chief has pledged in a blistering attack on online tech.
The platform has lost over $5bn in brand value since Elon Musk’s purchase and rebrand.
