Because verified subscribers (in this case some hateful assholes) get a cut of ad revenue. Twitter is monetizing hatespeach and giving the perpetrators a cut, as opposed to previously restricting ad profiles on these kinds of accounts. But then again if everyone just stopped using Twitter this is all moot.
THSeaMonkey t1_j8bc7qs wrote
Reply to comment by KerchBridgeSmoker in Twitter is running ads next to tweets from Holocaust deniers by CoupleClothing
Because verified subscribers (in this case some hateful assholes) get a cut of ad revenue. Twitter is monetizing hatespeach and giving the perpetrators a cut, as opposed to previously restricting ad profiles on these kinds of accounts. But then again if everyone just stopped using Twitter this is all moot.