Linda Yaccarino, CEO, X/Twitter speaks onstage all through Vox Media’s 2023 Code Convention at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Level, California. Jerod Harris | Getty Photographs Leisure | Getty ImagesLinda Yaccarino despatched a memo to staff of X (previously Twitter) on Thursday within the aftermath of Elon Musk’s interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she characterised to her personnel as “candid” and “profound.”On Wednesday on the DealBook Summit, Musk accused advertisers of looking to “blackmail” him through pulling advertisements from the platform after Musk mentioned he agreed with a social media submit accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred towards whites.” Musk’s authentic feedback drew condemnation from the White Space, which blasted Musk for selling “antisemitic and racist hate.””If any person’s going to check out to blackmail me with promoting?” X proprietor and CTO Musk mentioned all through the interview. “Blackmail me with cash? Cross f— your self. Cross. F—. Your self. Is that transparent?” Within the memo despatched Thursday, Yaccarino instructed staff that the X proprietor “shared an unrivaled and entirely unvarnished standpoint and imaginative and prescient for the longer term.”She recommended staff who didn’t watch the interview to “please take some time to take in the magnitude and significance of what we are all part of. As a result of that is precisely what I sought after to concentrate on with you lately.”All through the interview, Musk lashed out at corporations like Disney and Apple that paused their promoting campaigns with X. Musk denied he’s antisemitic and apologized for his X posts, calling it “probably the most silly if now not probably the most silly factor I have ever completed at the platform.”Learn the entire memo under:Proud to be at X with YOU!Hello all,The previous day I posted this about DealBook and the X group has been reasonably lit up lately at the identical subject. Elon’s interview used to be candid and profound. He shared an unrivaled and entirely unvarnished standpoint and imaginative and prescient for the longer term. If you have not watched it, please take some time to take in the magnitude and significance of what we are all part of. As a result of that is precisely what I sought after to concentrate on with you lately.We are at probably the most maverick corporations on this planet and we get to do issues that experience by no means been completed prior to. X sits in a one-of-a-kind constellation of businesses which can be converting the sector – from serving to to preserve the planet via Tesla’s electrical cars, to exploring new planets with SpaceX, to the seamless international connectivity of Starlink, to the potential for remodeling lives with Neuralink, to responsibly reimagining some great benefits of AGI via xAI.You might be at X as a result of you’ve gotten the braveness and conviction to construct and operationalize probably the most consequential platform that exists. That is reasonably an enviable place to be in.Our challenge at X is daring: to be an open platform with out censorship of concept – one that gives other people data and the liberty to make up their very own minds. Our rules shouldn’t have a price ticket, nor will they be compromised – ever. And regardless of how arduous they are trying, we will be able to now not be distracted through sideline critics who do not perceive our challenge.I am immensely proud to steer this corporate – with the passionate other people and companions of the X group and maximum thankfully with all of YOU.As all the time, if you wish to have me – I am right here.Linda Watch: Elon Musk to advertisers who’re looking to “blackmail” him.
