Elon Musk Film Hit with Censorship
Social platforms briefly blocked paid ads for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Elon Musk before its October release.
YouTube, TikTok, Meta (Instagram and Facebook), and X initially refused paid ads for Alex Gibney’s four-hour documentary “Musk,” citing bans on political content, according to The Hollywood Reporter and The Daily Beast. Meta and YouTube later said the restrictions were errors and cleared the ads; TikTok was still reviewing, and X had not accepted advertising. Distributor Bleecker Street is releasing the film, which premiered at Venice, in select New York and Los Angeles theaters on October 9. Musk called the documentary a hit piece and threatened legal action.
- YouTube, TikTok, Meta, and X first refused paid trailer ads.
- Meta and YouTube later called the blocks errors and restored ads.
- TikTok was still reviewing; X reportedly would not take the ads.
- The film opens in select U.S. theaters on October 9.
- Organizations
- MetaYouTubeTikTokBleecker StreetUniversal
- Countries
- United States
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Elon Musk’s extraordinary power is making it remarkably difficult to advertise a documentary about just how powerful Elon Musk has become. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook owner Meta, and, predictably, Musk’s own platform X all first refused to run paid advertisements for Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney’s new four-hour documentary Musk , according to The Hollywood Reporter .
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