"We''re Horrified": Major Brands Pull Twitter Ad Campaigns Over Child Porn
"We''re Horrified": Major Brands Pull Twitter Ad Campaigns Over Child Porn When it comes to policing mean tweets - or any opinion to the right of Mao, Twitter''s army of pink-haired social justice censors is on it . But when it comes to pedophiles , the social media giant''s censorship is so lax that major advertisers - including Dyson, Mazda, Forbes and PBS Kids - have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed ads from ''parts of Twitter'' because their promotions were featured next to tweets soliciting child pornography , Reuters reports. DIRECTV and Thoughtworks also told Reuters late on Wednesday they have paused their advertising on Twitter. Brands ranging from Walt Disney Co, NBCUniversal and Coca-Cola Co to a children''s hospital were among more than 30 advertisers that appeared on the profile pages of Twitter accounts peddling links to the exploitative material, according to a Reuters review of accounts identified in new research about child sex abuse online from cybersecurity group Ghost Data. -Reuters Easily filtered keywords including "rape" and "teens" were featured alongside promoted tweets from corporate advertisers, a Reuters review found.
"We''re Horrified": Major Brands Pull Twitter Ad Campaigns Over Child Porn
"We''re Horrified": Major Brands Pull Twitter Ad Campaigns Over Child Porn When it comes to policing mean tweets - or any opinion to the right of Mao, Twitter''s army of pink-haired social justice censors is on it . But when it comes to pedophiles , the social media giant''s censorship is so lax that major advertisers - including Dyson, Mazda, Forbes and PBS Kids - have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed ads from ''parts of Twitter'' because their promotions were featured next to tweets soliciting child pornography , Reuters reports. DIRECTV and Thoughtworks also told Reuters late on Wednesday they have paused their advertising on Twitter. Brands ranging from Walt Disney Co, NBCUniversal and Coca-Cola Co to a children''s hospital were among more than 30 advertisers that appeared on the profile pages of Twitter accounts peddling links to the exploitative material, according to a Reuters review of accounts identified in new research about child sex abuse online from cybersecurity group Ghost Data. -Reuters Easily filtered keywords including "rape" and "teens" were featured alongside promoted tweets from corporate advertisers, a Reuters review found.