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Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oil companies (via “independent film makers”) have been paying influencers to shit on Tesla, ever since Tesla became a viable threat to big oil and legacy auto. Nothing new here.

[–] stackcheese 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

how much is elon/tesla paying you to post this?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

hey now, can't we loathe Musk and the big oil companies too?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

elon musk isn't gonna fuck you. you don't have to do this

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re the one simping for the companies that are making the planet unliveable for future generations for their own profit.

Plenty of evidence for what I claimed, google it yourself if you want:

https://insideevs.com/news/612567/social-media-influencers-paid-bash-tesla-musk/

[–] CaptainPedantic 7 points 2 years ago

Dude, I'll bash Enron Muskrat for free.