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X's animated arm ads clash with Musk's ad-quality pledge

Original: After Elon Musk warned that "advertisers who post ads that are ugly, shrill, strident or overstate claims about their pr

Elon Musk warned earlier this month that advertisers on X who run ads that are 'ugly, shrill, strident' or overstate claims would be barred from the platform. Attention is now on X itself running a jarring animated arm that reaches across the screen, a format many see as contradicting that pledge. Commenters are highlighting the gap between Musk's stated ad-quality standards and the intrusive ad experiences users are actually seeing.

Why now: The intrusive animated ad format appears to contradict Musk's recent promise to bar ugly or overstated advertising on X.

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• After Elon Musk warned that "advertisers who post ads that are ugly, shrill, strident or overstate claims about their product will be barred from advertising" on X earlier this month, the platform now appears to be using a jarring animated arm that reaches across the screen to… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 4

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