(Breitbart) Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has reported a “massive drop” in revenues due to advertisers pulling out of the company amid pressure from left-leaning activist organizations.
Condemning the efforts to strip Twitter of ad revenue as an attack on free speech, Musk agreed with a political commentator who argued that attempts to appease the left were an exercise in futility.
“Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists,” said Musk. “Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.”
Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
You’re right
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
“It’s time to stop appeasing the activists because they will stop at nothing to hurt Twitter regardless of what you do,” said Cheong.
“You’re right,” responded Musk.
In subsequent tweets, Musk said Twitter’s commitment to content moderation was “absolutely unchanged.”
