From PC Mag: Elon Musk had a hostile message for companies pulling their advertising from Twitter/X because of his controversial views.
“If somebody’s gonna try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail with money, go fuck yourself,” he said while being interviewed today at the New York Times' DealBook Summit. “Go. Fuck. Yourself. Is that clear?”
“I have no problem being hated. Hate away,” he added.
Musk made the statement after several high-profile brands—including Apple, IBM, and Disney— paused advertising on the platform after Musk seemingly endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory that claims Jewish people support replacing white people with immigrants. Around the same time, a Media Matters report found that ads from these companies were being displayed on Twitter/X alongside pro-Nazi and antisemitic posts.
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