The 'Brand Safety' and 'Suitability' industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its 'sentiment analysis' algorithms think will make people sad or upset.

Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist::The ‘Brand Safety’ and ‘Suitability’ industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its ‘sentiment analysis’ algorithms think will make people sad or upset.

  • theluddite@lemmy.mlEnglish
    345·
    8 months ago

    Our entire news ecosystem is putrid trash. Even our most prestigious and respected outlets are pumping out a constant stream of genocide apologia right now. Manufacturing Consent is decades old and should’ve ended the New York Times, and that was before they cheerlead our war into Iraq.

    Allowing advertising to decide which content is allowed and which isn’t won’t do anything but punish sites that deviate from mainstream orthodoxy and reward bland corporate friendly bullshit. Here’s what that Internet looks like.