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The definitive guide to what’s in and out (so far) in Trump’s second presidential term

President Donald Trump’s second presidential term — from the TikTok back-and-forth, to the placement of Big Tech execs both at his inauguration and in the Oval Office — has already been notable. Here’s where the ad industry stands with all of this (so far).

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Big Tech engineering free speech with government support
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Big Tech defending free speech amid government pressure

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FTC going after Big Tech’s censorship cartel 
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FTC going after Big Tech’s surveillance capitalism

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Tech oligarchy
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Media oligarchy

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Media accommodating President Trump
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Media resisting President Trump

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President Trump saving TikTok
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President Biden not saving TikTok

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Trump 2.0: grabbing TikTok from ByteDance and giving it to Larry Ellison or Elon Musk
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Trump 1.0: grabbing TikTok from ByteDance and giving it to Larry Ellison or Walmart

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Platforming President Trump
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De-platforming President Trump

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Advertisers returning to X
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Advertisers leaving X

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Community Notes
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Professional fact checkers

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Brand advocates of divisive platforms
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Brand boycotts of divisive platforms

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Manosphere
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Black Twitter

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CMOs as pawns
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CMOs as politicians

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DEI FTL
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DEI FTW

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Advertisers chasing conservative values
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Advertisers chasing profit through purpose

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Chief business officers
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Chief diversity officers

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Boom times for M&A
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Tricky times for M&A

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Meme coins
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Meme stock

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