{"id":1995317,"date":"2023-08-09T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:25:08","slug":"musks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk&#8217;s X collaborates with blacklist-linked conservative firm: &#8216;Unholy Alliance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995317&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk&#8217;s X Partners\u2063 with &#8220;Misinformation&#8221; Tracker Linked to \u200cGovernment-Funded Group<\/h2>\n<p>Elon\u200b Musk&#8217;s X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-under-more-fire-for-removing-president-trumps-accounts\/\" title=\"Big Tech under more fire for removing President Trump\u2019s accounts\">social media company<\/a> \u2062formerly known as Twitter, has signed an exclusive partnership with \u200ca &#8220;misinformation&#8221; tracker that is connected to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil\/\" title=\"Musk's X collaborates with blacklist-linked conservative firm: 'Unholy Alliance'\">government-funded group\u2064 blacklisting conservative \u2063media outlets<\/a>, \u2063according to records.<\/p>\n<h3>Teaming Up for &#8220;Brand Safety&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>In\u2062 July, Musk revealed \u200dthat X was experiencing \u2064negative cash \u200cflows due\u200c to a\u2064 significant drop in advertising revenue.\u2062 In\u2063 response, X has joined forces\u2062 with\u2063 Integral Ad\u2064 Science (IAS), an ad-verification company, \u2062to launch a &#8220;brand\u2064 safety&#8221; initiative. However, IAS is affiliated with the Global \u200bDisinformation Index (GDI), a British group that \u2063covertly \u200bprovides blacklists\u2064 of conservative websites to advertisers, \u2064aiming to defund disfavored\u2062 speech.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Raised by Lawmakers and\u2064 Watchdogs<\/h3>\n<p>Republican lawmakers and watchdogs \u2064have expressed concerns about \u2062this partnership. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who sits on\u2064 the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">launched investigations<\/a> \u2062into the British \u200cgroup over\u200c its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-signals-support-for-congressional-probe-into-fbis-alleged-censorship-efforts\/\" title=\"Musk Signals Support for Congressional Probe Into FBI\u2019s Alleged Censorship Efforts\">alleged censorship efforts<\/a>. He stated, &#8220;This new partnership with a group connected with GDI would \u2064only amplify\u2063 the \u2064coercive and\u200b destructive \u2062powers targeting free speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Undercutting Musk&#8217;s \u2062Commitment to Free Speech<\/h3>\n<p>The partnership between X and IAS appears to contradict Musk&#8217;s commitment to free \u2064speech. Musk has previously released &#8220;Twitter Files&#8221; documents that show the company&#8217;s apparent coordination with the government \u2062to suppress right-leaning voices online. He has also\u2064 criticized President\u2063 Joe Biden&#8217;s White House for attempting\u200b to \u200d&#8221;pressure&#8221; Facebook to \u2062moderate\u2064 content, referring to \u200cthem as the \u2063&#8221;Center for \u2062Censorship, \u200dDisinformation, and Hate!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>One-Year Deal with\u200c IAS<\/h3>\n<p>X announced on \u200bTuesday that it\u200c has signed a one-year deal with IAS. The CEO of IAS, \u200dLisa Utzschneider,\u200b explained that the company classifies content on behalf\u2062 of marketers to ensure a \u2064brand-safe\u2063 environment for advertisers. X will gain access to IAS&#8217;s pre-bid technology, which uses\u2063 machine learning to align ads with a company&#8217;s standards, before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding GDI and IAS<\/h3>\n<p>GDI has faced congressional investigations\u200d for its efforts to combat \u200cperceived disinformation. Microsoft conducted an internal\u2063 review of its relationship with the group, and Oracle \u2063severed ties \u200dwith GDI. IAS \u2064has \u200balso faced criticism from \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-criticized-the-schools-woke-dysphoria-now-this-professor-has-been-suspended\/\" title=\"He Criticized The School\u2019s \u2018Woke Dysphoria.\u2019 Now This Professor Has Been Suspended.\">free speech groups<\/a> for its recommendations to\u200d combat &#8220;fake news&#8221;\u2064 and &#8220;extremist&#8221; websites.\u2062 Mike Benz, executive director of\u2062 the Foundation for \u2064Freedom Online, \u200bdescribed the partnership as a &#8220;classic deal with the \u2063devil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Partnership\u2063 Announcement Amidst Accusations<\/h3>\n<p>This partnership announcement comes shortly after X accused the British nonprofit group Center for\u200d Countering Digital \u2063Hate of making\u200d false claims about hate speech on the platform. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan\u200d launched an investigation into the center, with internal Facebook\u2064 emails \u200dpublished by the \u2062Washington Examiner revealing the center&#8217;s efforts to flag speech as\u2064 &#8220;disinformation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>IAS did not provide a comment at the time \u200bof publication, but CEO Linda\u2063 Yaccarino of X\u2062 emphasized the company&#8217;s commitment to \u2064balancing free expression\u200b and \u2063platform safety. She stated, &#8220;Growing \u2062our \u2062partnership with\u200b IAS offers brands a new level of \u2062protection and transparency as they continue to grow on X.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s X, previously Twitter, partnered exclusively with a &#8220;misinformation&#8221; tracker tied to a government-funded group that blacklists conservative media outlets. Records reveal this. Musk recently mentioned the social media company&#8217;s negative cash flows, caused by a 50% decline in ad revenue, in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1995318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}