Sources: YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Instagram and Facebook decline to run paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, citing "political content" (Steven Zeitchik/The Hollywood Reporter)

YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Instagram and Facebook have declined to run paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, according to sources. The companies cited "political content" as the reason for turning down the trailer for the October 9 documentary.

The decision to decline ads for the documentary was reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

A separate case involving Meta's Facebook was recently decided in New Mexico, where a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform. The jury found over 43 million violations of state consumer protection law, and it is now up to the judge to determine the penalty.

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