IBM pulls ads from X over placement next to pro-Nazi content
By France24
19 November 2023 |
4:03 pm
Tech giant IBM has pulled its ads from X after they were run alongside pro-Nazi posts. The news comes after Elon Musk endorsed an anti-Semitic post on the platform. Meanwhile, the largest semiconductor equipment maker in the US, Applied Materials, is under criminal investigation for potentially evading export restrictions on China's top chipmaker.
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