Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media platform X, is standing by her boss after he told advertisers who are getting the vapors over free speech that they can stay away, as far as he is concerned.
During Wednesday’s New York Times DealBook Summit, X chief and Tesla founder Elon Musk responded to the woke advertisers pulling their ads after he commented on an anti-Semitic post.
Musk insisted that he does not care if these advertisers do quit his platform. “I hope they stop. Don’t advertise,” he said, according to a video posted to X.
The host of the talk, Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, quickly asked, “You don’t want them to advertise?”
Musk was direct in his reply, simply saying, “No.”
WARNING: The following conversation and related video contain language that some may find offensive.
“If someone is going to try to blackmail me with advertising — blackmail me with money — go f*** yourself. Go. F***. Yourself,” Musk exclaimed.
BREAKING: Elon Musk to advertisers trying to blackmail 𝕏 into censorship: “Go f*ck yourself.” pic.twitter.com/cfH3ThOXNh
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) November 29, 2023
Musk went on to direct his comments right to Disney CEO Bob Iger, whose company