YouTube and Meta will now run ads for Gibney’s ‘Musk’ documentary
YouTube and Meta will now run paid ads for Musk, Alex Gibney’s documentary about Elon Musk, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Saturday. Both had refused the trailer ad. TikTok and X are still not running it.
The outlet first reported the refusals on Friday. Bleecker Street, the film’s US distributor, opens it in cinemas on 9 October. The documentary premiered in Venice this month.
What the platforms said
YouTube said its system had temporarily restricted the trailer when Bleecker Street submitted it as an ad.
“Following review the ad has been cleared to run,” YouTube said in a post on X.
YouTube also said the ad should appear soon. As of late Saturday morning, no one had told Bleecker Street of any change, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“This was an error and the ads are being restored,” a Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Meta had already turned...
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