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Andrea Austria / Media Matters

Dish, Samsung, Wall Street Journal, and others are advertising on the Twitter account of a leading white nationalist group

A Border Patrol recruitment ad also appeared on VDare, which objects to nonwhite immigration to the US

Written by Eric Hananoki

Published 06/22/23 12:01 PM EDT

Ads for major brands including Dish, Samsung, and The Wall Street Journal have been appearing on the verified Twitter account of VDare, a leading white nationalist group. Those companies are associating with a site that is largely dedicated to complaining about the alleged danger and inferiority of nonwhites, especially immigrants. 

Musk has turned Twitter into a nightmare for advertisers, with accounts featuring antisemitism, racism, anti-LGBTQ hate, and misinformation thriving on the platform. Media outlets and researchers, including Media Matters, have documented that corporate ads have appeared next to toxic accounts, including those that promote Holocaust denialism, and major advertisers have left Musk’s platform. 

The advertisers remaining on Twitter are having their ads placed directly on the accounts of white nationalists, including VDare’s verified account. Information on that account states that it’s been “verified since February 2023.” (Musk stated in June that “Twitter will start paying creators for ads served in their replies. First block payment totals $5M. Note, the creator must be verified and only ads served to verified users count.”) 

VDare is a white nationalist site and organization. Headlines on its site have included: 

  • “One Problem With These Hispanic Immigrants Is Their Disgusting Behavior.” 
  • “Diversity Is Strength! It’s Also…Hispanic Immigrants Taking Over FBI’s Ten Most Wanted.” 
  • “Indians Aren't That Intelligent (On Average).” 
  • “America Does Not Need ANY Immigrants From Africa.”
  • “New Wave Of Failure Migration: Ethiopians On The Way.”

Tags on the site include: “Immigrant Mass Murder,” “Anti-White Hate Crimes,” “White Guy Loses His Job,” “Birthright Citizenship Reform,” “Minority Occupation Government,” “Disgruntled Minority Massacre,” “Death Of White America,” “Black Serial Killers,” “War On Whites,” “Jewish Fear and Loathing of Donald Trump,” and “Immigrants And Disease.”

It also runs regular “great replacement” updates designed to warn white readers that they are being replaced by nonwhites. (The so-called “great replacement” conspiracy theory is a white supremacist trope that’s motivated violence, including mass murders.) 

VDare has previously posted content praising Musk for calling out supposed “anti-white racism from U.S. Media” and responded to his complaint about the new Lord of the Rings series on Amazon by tweeting, “Elon Musk is /ourguy.”

Numerous companies and even the U.S. government have been advertising directly in VDare’s Twitter account. Media Matters found ads for the following while looking at VDare’s feed: 

  • Alibaba
  • Dish Network
  • Golf Channel/PGA Tour Superstore
  • Hootsuite
  • Samsung
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • Wimbledon

The advertisement for CBP was an invitation to apply for jobs. Border Patrol has a history of problems with online racism and bigotry in its ranks. 

VDare Twitter ad: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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