The critic claims that the ad was rejected by the company because it was political.
The Dawn Project, an anti-Tesla advocacy group fronted by software developer Dan O'Dowd, claims that it tried to promote a full-page ad in The New York Times that was critical of the Full Self-Driving feature ofTesla. The email was provided by the group and it said that the tweet was in violation of the policy.
The rejection of the ad was the latest development in the feud between Musk and O'Dowd, who ran a failed campaign for US Senate in California earlier this year. In August, a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the Dawn Project by the company. The videos are no longer available on the group's website.
The group is not able to promote the Times ad, which may limit its engagement.
Questions were raised about the advertising policy of the social media company after Musk took it over. Several major car companies, including GM, Jeep, and Volkswagen, have paused all paid advertising posts on social media as they wait to see what the new leadership will look like. Even as user growth is at an all-time high, there has been a drop in advertising revenue.
It was a troubling sign that the ad was rejected. The move to ban the advertising of content that criticizes Musk's software raises serious questions about his commitment to free speech. A request for comment was not responded to by the company. Most of the public communications team has been fired.
Political advertising is defined by the social media site.
Content that references a candidate, political party, elected or appointed government official, election, referendum, ballot measure, legislation, regulation, directive, or judicial outcome. Ads that contain references to political content, including appeals for votes, solicitations of financial support, and advocacy for or against any of the above-listed types of political content, are prohibited under this policy. We also do not allow ads of any type by candidates, political parties, or elected or appointed government officials.
On its support page, the company says that it doesn't allow the promotion of political content. We decided to make this decision because we believe that political message reach should be earned.
The campaign for Senate was launched based on one issue. He conducted his own tests to highlight the technology's critical flaws and was highly critical of the company's driver assist feature. In the June primary, O'Dowd got 74,916 votes.
The billionaire hates Musk. He ran a full-page ad in The New York Times that said, "Another commercial product from a Fortune 500 company that has a critical malfunction every 8 minutes."
The billionaire in Santa Barbara dislikes Musk very much.
Green Hills Software is run by O'dowd, who does business with some of the company's competitors. Supporters of the company say that he has a financial stake in publicising the company. While responding to the Dawn Project, Musk said that no one has died while using the software and labeled it a pile of trash.
Musk has put his stamp on the social media platform since he took over. The company banned accounts for pretending to be Musk. Musk said that any account that impersonates without specifying "parody" will be suspended.
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