X CEO Linda Yaccarino has responded to the explicit comments made by X owner and CTO Elon Musk during a recent interview with CNBC\u2019s Andrew Ross Sorkin. Musk, in an interview at the 2023 DealBook Summit, used strong language to express his stance against advertisers attempting to influence him financially.<\/p>\n
In her statement on X, Yaccarino characterized Musk\u2019s comments as an \u201cexplicit point of view about our position\u201d and highlighted X\u2019s role as a platform that allows users to make their own decisions. She emphasized that X stands at the intersection of Free Speech and Main Street, with a powerful community ready to welcome users.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a platform that allows people to make their own decisions. And here\u2019s my perspective when it comes to advertising: X is standing at a unique and amazing intersection of Free Speech and Main Street \u2014 and the X community is powerful and is here to welcome you. To our partners who believe in our meaningful work \u2014 Thank You,\u201d wrote Yaccarino on X.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk\u2019s comments were made in response to advertisers pulling out from X after Musk expressed agreement with a social media post accused of promoting antisemitism. Several major companies, including Disney, Apple, IBM, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, and Lions Gate Entertainment, withdrew their ads from X in November.<\/p>\n
Yaccarino, who took on the role of X\u2019s CEO in May, has been working to bring advertisers back to the platform following Musk\u2019s acquisition of the company in 2022. Musk apologized for his controversial comments during the interview, acknowledging a particular post as \u201cone of the most foolish if not the most foolish thing I\u2019ve ever done on the platform.\u201d Yaccarino\u2019s response reaffirms X\u2019s commitment to providing a space for diverse voices and perspectives while acknowledging the challenges and controversies that may arise on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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