Meta, YouTube Restore Ads for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Documentary as Political-Content Bans Ease
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Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 26
Meta, YouTube Restore Ads for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Documentary as Political-Content Bans Ease
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 26
Summary
Meta said Saturday it is restoring ads for Alex Gibney’s “Musk” documentary after calling the earlier rejection “an error,” while YouTube said its system had only temporarily restricted the trailer ad.
YouTube added that the trailer itself was always available on the platform and that, after review, the paid ad was cleared to run.
The reversals followed reports that Meta, YouTube, TikTok and X had all blocked the campaign, with Meta, TikTok and YouTube reportedly classifying it as political content.
X has not reversed course, and TikTok’s position remains unclear; distributor Bleecker Street had appealed the rejections as the film heads for a U.S. theatrical release on October 9.