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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/x-users-fed-up-with-constant-stream-of-malicious-crypto-ads/ 
 They put community notes on Ads, telling people it’s a scam, and then keep the Ads rolling so they continue getting paid.

Quite a racket Elon’s got going on! 

You can even get fake Rolex’s on there now, I’m sure luxury brands will want to advertise right next to some WhatsApp fake watch scam ads 
 YouTube is smashing out sponsored scam adds with AI 
 Totally  
 Since i'm in Europe, youtube, X is full of weird ads 🤮 
 Wen crypto ads on #nostr 😬🤮
nostr:nevent1qqspp0ltzzkg8ckpm5u3k05dtq8e6a6aamp4mk9hpw2c67t6slyj6tcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyrmj3k0xuuzgxk88pyc0tjnykzthwrvcnnxcdp20ucvwm2wg5wqsvqcyqqqqqqgr05a6v 
 I highly suspect that this is astroturfing for Xitter's upcoming WeChat banking scheme 
 Tencen did kinda pave the road for his plans. There is a blueprint 
 I won't pay for X Premium, so I just use Twitter from the Brave Browser on iOS and other systems. 
 Thats why i dont use x anymore. Simple 
 You can easily avoid it by not using the Twitter app & use a browser with an ad blocker instead. It's that simple, or do as I did and just delete your Twitter account. Now if I want to check a post or account I use Nitter. You can't post anything but who cares? 🤷‍♂️ 
 poverty is the root of all evil, twitter is on the brink of bankruptcy, that is the reason, elon musk is a fucking bitch, that is the other reason