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Musk threatens to bar advertisers over ugly ads on X

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 posting ads that are ugly, shrill, strident or overstate claims about their products will be barred from advertising on X. The platform is now reportedly enforcing that policy with an unusual approach: a jarring animated arm that reaches across the screen to interrupt or flag offending ads. Reactions are mixed, with some mocking the intrusive animation and others debating whether X can credibly police ad quality while courting advertisers back.

Why now: Musk's threat to blacklist advertisers over ad quality, paired with X's odd new enforcement animation, is drawing ridicule and debate online

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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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