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A growing list of brands have paused their Twitter ads since Elon Musk's takeover, including General Mills, Audi and Pfizer, people familiar with the matter say

Food company General Mills Inc., Oreo maker Mondelez International Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Volkswagen AG’s Audi are among a growing list of brands that have temporarily paused their Twitter advertising in the wake of the takeover of the company by Elon Musk, according to people familiar with the matter.

Some advertisers are concerned that Mr. Musk could scale back content moderation, which they worry would lead to an increase in objectionable content on the platform. Others

 

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Good. Now I know who to boycott . I don’t care if they believe in what they are doing or just too cowardly to stand on their own feet. Same response either way.

Good to know which brands to boycott

Sin short, without the woke bulls*it that block the free speech these brands are unhappy. I hope that the consumers keep in mind this list of companies and reciprocate the boycotting.

Oh no, not giant corporates? 😂

Good riddance to the General Mills and Pfizer. They're saving lives by not peddling their poison here. What's an Audi?

Very chidish for major companies

Time to boycott them all!

Show list so we can boycott

Nobody on Twitter wants to see ads from these “big names.” Spam, not content. Give me targeted mid-market ads for things I’ll be interested in and it’s off to the races. Go whole hog on this, Chief Twit (elonmusk).

If $8 is the exchange rate for not seeing ad’s, sign me up

Timcast Don’t eat it, don’t drive it, don’t inject it...

Audi is German…so kinda par they side with the ex-twitter regime

Oh no

Wish I understood… what do they think happens when free speech is allowed?

Timcast Well, I drive a Mercedes, don't eat sugar laden cereal, and avoid pharmaceuticals whenever possible for health reasons, so I guess I will avoid spending with them since the price would be my first amendment freedom's, may be what others should do also

No more Cheerios, Bisquick and Häagen-Dazs. Fine. I prefer free speech over highly processed carbs and type II diabetes.

Yes, please keep listing brands that have a problem with free speech.

Why are companies afraid of this? The censorship of the old guard Twitter was so very un-American and a slap to democracy. So why are corporations not supporting principles of freedom such as personal liberty & free speech?

SalSly888 Twitter is creating a condition that may help any competitor existing or future one to jump in and grab a huge share of twitter's customer base. Then everything will fall a part for Twitter.

Surely Pfizer is already profiting considering those pesky mandates, esp from schools/states that don't allow exemptions. Hoping pfizer loses everything and is forced to donate to everyone who lost their lives to their junk $cience.

Not a great loss

Good fuck pfizer. Thanks elonmusk!

Thank you! I have been looking for a list of the companies I am going to be boycotting.

Pfizer

Thank you so much for letting us know which companies never to do business with!

Brands were pozzed a long time ago

People can't afford General Mills cereal anyway. They have to buy the generic brand.

Timcast Huge step in the right direction!!!

Pfizer has its hands full from what they have caused.☠️

If Musk can monetize without them, good riddance to the WOKE corps... After almost 50 years having varieties of Cheerios in my pantry for my family (wife, 4 kids), we no longer buy GM products, just as we've backed off Coke, and other WOKE corps products.

Oh no, not Pfizer! 🥴

Timcast Cry me a River..🥲🥲 there is always someone to replace them! We found that out the hard way! Let’s increase the market place, with some small businesses that we can help grow!

General Mills, Audi and you can't make this up 'Pfizer' are removing ads....... Well, after my last audi, I will never own another again. Horrible engineering. Throw away cars. Cereal? IDGAF.. PFIZER? LMAO they can fuck all the way off

They want to lose business, so be it. Too bad for their shareholders. They go woke, customers will boycott. It's a lose lose situation. SMH. Where do these CEOs get their degrees from? A Cracker Jacks box?

Sad to see Audi go, but the rest of those just peddle poison so no loss there.

VW still reeling from their unethical emissions scam and with current GM quality they will need another government bailout soon.

Timcast Do people still drive Audis?

Pfizer Stopped, oh the horror.

Two companies that peddle poison to the public and a pretentious car maker whose clientele are the 'new volvo* drivers. Who cares.

Timcast Stopped using those three companies decades ago.

Glad Pfizer is not spreading misinformation on here. 😃

Man, that sucks, I was already boycotting them, so now I don't have more of them to add toy boycott list :(

Timcast Well of course Pfizer did. The data is coming to light.

Timcast Bye

Timcast Damn, and I was looking to buy an Audi next year… don’t really feel like I should support businesses that don’t support free speech ideals… GeneralMills is mostly poison anyway so good riddance!

Timcast Perfect!! 😃🎉

I will easily pay $8 if it means I don't have to watch these adds anyway. chevrolet sucks, Audi isn't even American so no one would miss them here. And pfizer will actually save lives this way

Timcast Don’t use any of their products anyway.

They will return. The Twitter platform has become the PR site for articles. How many times have they tried to boycott FOX news only to make the host they didn't like more popular?

Timcast To me that says those brands don’t want me to hear free speech or think I’m too stupid to figure out truth from lies. Why do people buy those brands when clearly they think you are stupid.

Well, the vaccine ads were horrible and the jab is bad so ....

I don't give a damn about companies that push poison on us. Anyone who thinks that our rights mean nothing can stuff it.

Like we didn’t already know who these woke companies were.

Timcast The Globalist r but burned the can't lie and manipulate the public

Timcast Lol

Timcast 'people familiar with the matter say' is journalism now. no wonder society is collapsing all around us

this makes me want to pay to be twitter verified

Timcast Rats scurrying. Can't buy space to push false narratives. Pfizer will face Nuremberg trials.

Timcast What was that JeffBezos You’re a little upset? ☹️

Timcast Less ads is better

Excellent news. We all get enough spam without having to wade through paid-for misinformation about dodgy drugs, unhealthy food, and overprice cars.

Imagine Pfizer ads being fact-checked... they have no choice but to run & hide.

Good. I never buy any of that stuff anyways.

Good!

Timcast A growing list of corporates are showing that they are actually fascist.

Poltitical Capitalism circling the wagons

Don’t care - I don’t buy their products anyway - support Musk and Twitter as long as the social media platform maintains Fair, Free Speech

Timcast Pfizer expected. Lol, all others good to know what products to no longer support.

Remember how people used to fawn all over him and called him the greatest person ever. 'The Simpsons' did an entire episode around him for no reason.

That's awesome! Let those anti-American multi-billion dollar companies take a hike, along with all the fascist fks who support them. Bravo! 👏👏👏

The best response would be for Twitter to inform them that they are banned from advertising on the platform. They're going to try to come crawling back, don't let them. They made their beds.

Timcast Great, now we know who we should continue not to buy or trust

Timcast Why the fuck is Pfizer advertising on Twitter?

Let’s give a shit about two of three companies that are knowingly killing people.

Timcast «People familiar with the matter». So it’s rumors. Clickbait. But, it is probably a good thing, none of those companies seem interested in the public’s best interest long term.

Porsche needs to split from ADDI.

Funny, they got no trouble when their ads appear next to CP. But Elon Musk.... That's too much Lol

Timcast Wtf is this new trend where brands position themselves authorities rather than the beggars for sales they actually are? Inadvertent mask-slip perhaps?

🤨🤨🤨 Why does Musk feel like he's going to sink with Twitter? HHH

pfizer paused their twitter ads LOL Do they now have morals ?

Did they give a reason that makes sense?

Timcast Pfizer won’t be peddling their bad medicine on here anymore?

Will gatz go into hiding too?

So we know who they are and we know what they did (and are doing)? Criminal minds?

Probably wanted to for a long time and now had an excuse

$8

People familiar with the matter say.. Guess what, any company that fucks with Elon or Kanye gets a block from me. Does it matter, IDGAF

Why?

Why does everyone here dislike Elon Musk? The man is trying to make the world a better place and the corrupt goons are trying to hinder him. Big Auto has been trying to stop him for years, from making it illegal to sell cars online through lobbying, to making short sales

Timcast quite happy not buying their stuff

Timcast If only pfizer would pause their advertising...everywhere and forever.

Timcast Translation: companies losing money in advertising see an out.

Timcast ‘Payback’ to all the anti-free speech advocates. I clearly recall these same actors expressing glee when Trump was banished. Screw ‘em.

Not doing business with companies that think free speech is a problem.

'people familiar with the matter' still using the same informant.

I just signed up for twitter and ready to hand my 8$ over!

Timcast I wonder why Pfizer did…

Timcast Can we get the full list? It would be nice to organise a boycott of their goods.

The underestimation for corporate greed is fascinating! Don't worry Elon, they'll be back next Friday.

He should make them pay double when they inevitably come back. Stop letting the brands call the shots, it's annoying af.

Timcast Pfizer is salty because info about their vaccine not approved by the CDC or their marketing dept (but I repeat myself) might become more readily available. It’s like a supervillain with a board of directors.

Timcast I knew it! So many said Elon was going to fold, Go back on his word. No way! No one spends billions, then flipps course. He's just being savvy thats all. Doing what he has to. Remember he said he was a free speech absolutist.

They will still pay JeffBezos ?

Timcast Oh no. Not Pfizer. Oh those poor dears.

Timcast “People familiar with the matter” = we made this shit up

Timcast Thank you. You have helped tremendously in identifying the products I will never buy again. Goodbye

Let's see.. Pfizer: Damaged my liver/lied to me. GeneralMills: Don't need any of their fattening, diabetes-inducing products anyway. Audi: The recession destroyed anyone's hopes of buying an overpriced car to begin with. Next?

Timcast Good.

Timcast When the truth comes out that many tens of thousands of bots have been on the platform, I don't blame advertisers for pausing. But with Twitter attracting a new audience as an advocate of free speech I suspect there will be more advertisers than ever in a year.

Timcast Good……byyyyeee!

Timcast There will be other advertisers ready willing and able to take their place. And if Twitter becomes a larger public square they’ll be back.

Timcast No way, Pfizer doesn't want to run adds on Twitter whom might let the truth out about their corruption. 🙄

Silly choice. There is far greater number of us who quietly support Elon Musk & his positive endeavors.

Timcast Personally, I’m ok with not seeing anymore Pfizer ads. 🤷‍♂️

The right finally bought in to the whole “put your money where your mouth is” thing. So, they’ll probably end up regretting this.

Timcast Well if it wants to go woke I suppose I can switch to Kellogg's cereal or eggos. Not a difficult stretch at all.

Timcast If you can't control the narrative, you go elsewhere....be very wary of the platform they end up on. It would significantly suggest they are captured media

Utter insanity

Timcast They’re leftists so they will feel the pain at the register.

Keep that list growing of businesses that don’t believe in free speech and please be sure to post them all so we know.

Cuz they falsely advertised and are pushing ads to sell their product

Timcast Who makes the generic shit? That’s all we can afford thanks to Biden’s Build Back Better plan, plus sending our $$ to Ukraine and trying to off the oil industry for the greenie weenie movement. Think I care about Twitter advertisements? No.

I don’t know whether they’ve changed anything yet, but I’ve noticed that my ads are better targeted lately. I used to get ads for the weirdest garbage, but now it’s PlayStation games my husband wants, McDonalds for the kids, and Netflix shows I might actually watch 🤷🏻‍♀️

Timcast Let Mike Lindell back on Twitter and you'll have lots of MyPillow ads.

Timcast Pfizer 🙃🤡😄🤪

Plenty of other non woke companies would love their space 🤷. Their loss

Timcast lockstep, lockstep, lockstep..

Companies that Americans can begin to Boycott. Thanks.

Timcast 😂😂😂 sure

Timcast General Mills is highly processed garbage’s “food”, and thanks goodness not more Pfizer advertisement’s… awesome!

Timcast To hell with General Mills. Communist, anti-American losers, like the rest of the leftist corporations contributing to The Democrat Party of America Crime Syndicate. I won't be buying any more goods from these losers leaving Twitter, and I'll make sure many others won't.

Timcast Great News!!!

You cant have soviet-union without Union.

Timcast Thanks for showing the world who hates free speech!

Elon out here doin tha Lords work

Timcast No loss there. I hate 'TV' drugs anyway. I'm not a Dr so why would I proscribed myself something I saw on TV or as an add

Timcast So basically these companies are outing themselves as being in support with government directed misinformation and suppression of free speech. Good to know

Timcast And? The people here don't want woke... so good ridden to them all.

Timcast That's awesome, haven't signed up for the $8 service yet and already getting a superior user experience.

Timcast I want a list of these f’rs so I know who to boycott myself.

Timcast pfizer will get obliterated in every ad they run, in every comment, now that their censorship goons can't meddle with every post they tweet. Nothing to do with elonmusk More so, what he has unlocked. Good riddance. See you at the tribunals

Timcast pfizer was murdering us using your influence

Timcast Lol Pfizer. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Anyone else just block every promoted shitcompany sending a promoted tweet?

Timcast Please keep us up to date on this so WE know to spend our $ elsewhere. The 'Never forgive, Never forget' mantra will be applied with equal resolve in the defence of free speech as it is to anything else.

Timcast Then I’m done with GM. I really don’t know what they make besides dry crap in a bowl. Never was into Audi. I’m a Lexus and Tesla owner. 😊

Timcast They are all toxic food anyway lol

Timcast So companies who have been under scrutiny in the past 15 years……that bezos in with- he does own the in case anyone was curious.

Timcast Might as well give the generic Honey Nut Cheerios a try.

I don't need to eat Cheerios but I need my Twitter

Timcast Great. Not buying their products- woke companies

Timcast Never saw them anyway

Timcast …and many will come back to Twitter because Elon Musk has taken over. Lazy reporting. Disappointed in Audi, think Pfizer is worried fact checkers will red flag them for non-factual content.

Timcast Fantastic news

Timcast Good, then I'll stop buying their over-priced crap

Timcast Thank you for providing a list of companies to boycott

Timcast All things the world would be better without.

Timcast We can reciprocate with boycotts. Nice. Publish all the names and brands

Timcast I’ll make note of those companies. So far Elon has done nothing to merit this to the left, right or center. So far

Timcast Well the list of brands that I no longer support is getting longer...

Timcast No Pfizer pushing their jab? Say it ain't so!

Timcast I'm going to pause buying their stuff. Please name the rest.

Let's get a full list. I'll know what NOT to buy....thanks

Timcast We need more phizer adds.

Hahahaha good! We'll see how long they hold out this little Crosby Stills & Nash maneuver

I thought it was more peaceful around here

Timcast They are making it easy for us. They stop on Twitter, we stop using their brand. Super easy.

Good riddance! Less accounts I have to block.

And we are good with that

Maybe this is a necessary cleanse. If you aren't paying, you and your data are the product.

The communists have identified themselves.

Now you know all the companies that supported the tyrany.

They can go to purgatory for all I care.

It wasn't add money.... it was hush money

Is this mean I won’t see ads how do you get vaccine that doesn’t work anymore

Funny, most folks choose “not interested in this ad” no matter the advertiser, so it won’t bother users very much.

Zionism game between two sides batting for the same objective fooling the masses to play along

And keep in mind that most of these CEOs are conservatives. These are not some far left radicals that Fox News and NY Post would have you believe.

Never saw one of their ads anyway.

'si dice che'. Minkia che bel modo di fare giornalismo.

Many of you act like this place is gonna get worse because of Elon. Place has been a sh$show for a long time.

Oh well

👋

GeneralMills , Audi , pfizer had no problem with the sexual exploitation if children. They stayed on the platform with that. But Musk is too far? These companies should be ashamed.

Cool now we know which companies to boycott for not supporting free speech in social media.

VW still haven’t removed their rainbow logo (it was cringey in June and even cringier that it’s November and still not gone) so the Audi news isn’t a surprise

LOL. Of course Pfizer will stop advertising. What a crap company upset they can’t push their crap drugs.

Didn’t the wef partner with corporations to ban anybody that goes against their globalist narrative?

That's how it should be. Everyone should be able to make choices and not being ridiculed. Don't forget that Humans had fought for this rights with lives. It's a good thing.

This Audi?

Who cares? We don't want woke ads

Good! I am tired of the ridiculous Pfizer ads.

Good. Humanity is better off without

Worth my 8 bucks

How will I know when to get my covid vaccine booster? I guess it’s good that I signed up for their monthly program.

ALSO TWITTER IS A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR SELF INTRODUCTION OF PRODUCES, SERVICES, TALENT, OPINIONS, CAPABILITIES. EVEN SMALL AND LESS INFLUENTIAL ALSO CAN SHARE THEIR VIEWS. ADVERTISEMENTS CAN ATTRACT CONSUMERS BUT CANNOT INFLUENCE, MAINTAIN CONSUMERS FOR LONGER PERIOD.

Thank you very much for making a list for me of companies I will never buy from. Starting my list now. And no one cares. I will spend more for companies that are AMERICA FIRST COMPANIES.

...something to celebrate by left liberals

People familiar with the matter say. Someone at Twitter leaking to the media to push a false narrative?

Good, we'll be able to discuss vaccine injuries now!

Keep on an eye on the list of the traders they're showing their hands

Wen can I please start paying $8 for my Twitter verification? Let’s goooo!

Maybe elonmusk could buy the Wall St Journal and turn it into a NEWSPAPER...

So a top 3 contributor to childhood obesity (along with Coke and McDonalds), a company that used nazi slave labor in WW2 and a company guilty of the biggest healthcare fraud in history(even before COVID). Good riddance trash.

Woke companies that are communists

Connect

Typical liberal bullying.

Good all three are fake.

Hey advertisers. There are more new normal every day, American people now on Twitter. You know the “hotdogs, baseball, apple pie, and Chevrolet” people. But you prefer the BLM, rioting, racebaiting, Antifa thug, pro sex change your babies, lying dramatic elite better than us?

Why does Pfizer have ads?

Why corporations choose to be political is beyond me. Just piss off millions of customers. 😳

All the stuff folks say they gonna boycott but they still gonna buy it anyways 🤣🤣🤣

Do these companies have a fear of free speech?“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” Benito Mussolini GeneralMills Pfizer Audi

The key word is 'pause'

Can't wait for Pfizer to be imprisoned for crimes against humanity.

The Hive-mind is getting angry 😯

they'll be back; begging to do so

The arbiters of morality have spoken.

It’s going to be great when Elon charges companies to use Twitter. I wonder what AOC will say.

Prob bc they have to tell the truth

We will not depend on “brands.”

recalculating their ESG scores

No more Cheerios for me! Or cinnamon toast crunch or anything by Betty Crocker It works both ways

Awesome. They KNOW they are losing.

GMo junk that poisons you so you have to take more poison as the 'cure' Big AG & BIG PHARMA hand in hand

Checklist of products I wont ever be buying: 1) Pfizer 2) Audi (obvious CCP influence) 3) Cheerios (which is crap anyway)

I don't buy their products anyway

Thanks for a comprehensive list of the Woke Companies…

Yaay.

I rather pay $8.00 than see them funky ads anyway...

Excellent. Giving me my 'do not buy' list cheaper than I get from consumer reports.

Then they are only shooting themselves in the foot as social media is the largest advertising market there is right now

Pfizer huh... no wonder describing the clot shots for what they really are used to earn you a 12 hour ban.

All sponsors suspend ads since there is no board and no plan yet. There are just tweets of ideas that could translate into anything. Perhaps a way to remind Musk that Twitter and its users are not toys and should not be treated as such.

Musk is watching his $44B disappear quickly. But it’s not about the money!

All the smart and reputable businesses

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Twitter absolutely doesn’t care if you paused your stupid advertising

These are the brands you should avoid after you’ve already eliminated China.

We need a list so we know whom to boycott for the rest of our lives.

Why? Are they against the first amendment?

Thank you for the list. I can adjust the brands I buy from to not include these companies who do not agree with free speach.

I have also halted my use of pfizer and GeneralMills products. Let real grass fed rib eye and milk be my medicine and the sun my vitamins. I will report that I continue to jaxinate a la ZubyMusic 6x/wk. luckily Pfizer and GM can try for another government subsidy.

Where can one go to stay informed about ineffective pharmaceuticals, sugar infused repourposed wheat waste & auto companies that have skyrocketing input costs with dealership dependent maintenance?

CDCDirector 'If you get vaccinated you won't get sick' Covid Misinformation

I appreciate you letting me know...I will in turn 'pause' buying their products.

Thanks for letting us know which brands don't support free speech or a free market. Everything woke turns to shit. I will now never buy another Audi car.

Ads on Twitter have been and still are wasteful, nearly useless. In its current state this platform isn't very good for companies to advertise a product or brand.

Bye bye 👋 evil corporate tyrants

Well Biden said we need to buy generic cereal anyways

I block any prompted tweet anyways

I guess I’ll pause spending money with those brands.

All products I would never use anyway. Thank you elonmusk for letting these woke and out of touch companies show us who they really are.

All woke companies

This makes me wanna pay the $8

Always happens until they start losing money then they will wise up

Good. Hopefully Pfizer deletes their account altogether

They were fine with the child pr0n. Evil bastards.

Hey TomCottonAR companies are laughing at your empty threats and brazenly waving a giant middle finger in your general direction.

Good.

Oh well. More room for other companies.

Good! I hope they loose a ton of business!

Unforeseen upside.

A list of anti-American brands that do not support Freedom of Speech under the First Amendment. You left out the facts!

Garbage cereal, Nazi rooted auto maker, genocidal pharmaceutical company. ✌🏼

Yeah, Pfizer is really gonna feel the pinch from that. The US government just bought billions more vax, so they don't need to advertise. We just paid for it.

Who cares?

Good riddance

Yahoo!!! Fewer dumb ads on here.

pfizer ? Thank God. We don't want to see ads advocating for clot shots.

Good

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