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    #PayAttention #liar #influencer
    "Aft she was convicted of #misleading & deceptive conduct in 2017 by Fed Court of Australia.. other #highprofile cases of content creators peddling #cancer #misinformation on #shortvideo #platforms hv emerged at alarming rate.. Whereas Gibson spent years cultivating a following online, today a #contentcreator w only a handful of followers can upload an engaging #video & achieve millions of views.. an industry of #content creators #profiting fr #harmful advice"

  2. commondreams.org/news/weapons-

    Meet the #Companies #Profiting From #Israel's #War on #Gaza
    JESSICA CORBETT
    Dec 20, 2023

    ..."The webpage notes that the list is based on reporting, social media, and other open sources, and "focuses on weapons used by Israel because all Palestinian militant groups are already sanctioned and receive no support from Western governments or corporations."

    For example, "...

  3. “Those include the admin’s decision to no longer defend the #ACA in court, the president’s fight to add a #citizenship question to the #census, & the adoption of harsh stances on #immigration. The division must also defend #Trump against lawsuits accusing him of #illegally #profiting from his personal business since he took office.”

  4. The #UnitedStates on Thurs imposed one of its largest #sanctions packages related to the #war in #Ukraine, penalizing >150 companies & individuals that ofcls said were #profiting from #Russia’s invasion & their proximity to the #Kremlin & #Putin.

    nytimes.com/2023/09/14/world/e

  5. It's not a lot of money, it's the power of those views/ impressions. My usual soap box here re: nationalize Meta, Twitter, gimme a 21st C Fairness Doctrine, no surprises from me.
    #Meta #FB #Insta #FaceBook #still #profiting #from #groomer #ads #despite #banning #them | #so #surprised | #not | #lgbtq #rights #are #human rights mediamatters.org/facebook/meta

  6. #Advertisements for companies including WSJ, Nokia, FanDuel, Thermo Fisher have been appearing on #birdsite accounts of #antisemites who have #denied the #Holocaust. The #monetization of accounts run by #HolocaustDeniers is yet another example of #Musk reckless attempts to wring #money out of the platform. #birdsite #profiting from #bigoted accounts has been a recurring theme for the company under #Musk. #antisemitism #HateSpeech mediamatters.org/twitter/under

  7. @jalefkowit This post is such a #cringe #love #letter to #Moderna and #Pfizer. Those two #companies didn't fund the basic #research necessary to make the #vaccine, our #tax dollars did.
    They won't release that #IP -- they're #profiting off of our #public #investment. This is what they do. In this case, if #China had agreed, those #profiteers would have simply raised more issues, meaning more #death while they siphon #millions more.
    Those corporations aren't #heroes --
    Free #insulin, anyone?