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Oct 2023
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X’s Sneaky New Ads Might Be Illegal

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Experts say a new advertising format on the platform formerly known as Twitter is misleading for users and could fall foul of FTC rules. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.

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