True@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agoTwitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placementboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkTwitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placementboingboing.netTrue@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·26 days agoWhy was the World Bank advertising on Twitter (or anywhere) in the first place?
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoAdvertising and propaganda are the same thing
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoOk but then who exactly is the World Bank propagandizing to on Twitter?
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoGood news! You may be pre-qualified!
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-225 days agoFor an interest free loan!* *If the loan is not repaid back by the end of the term, we will crush your country in debt and seize all natural resources to pay it back.
minus-squareMonomate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoGood point! Unless they have competitors, it’s strange when they advertise at all.
Why was the World Bank advertising on Twitter (or anywhere) in the first place?
Advertising and propaganda are the same thing
Ok but then who exactly is the World Bank propagandizing to on Twitter?
Good news! You may be pre-qualified!
For an interest free loan!*
*If the loan is not repaid back by the end of the term, we will crush your country in debt and seize all natural resources to pay it back.
Good point! Unless they have competitors, it’s strange when they advertise at all.