Elon Musk is letting it be known that he’s standing on business when it comes to his company, X which was formerly known as Twitter.
In his first interview with mainstream media since making an antisemitic post on his platform earlier this month, Musk finally broke his silence and apologized for his comment, referring to it as the “dumbest” social media post ever. But during the conversation, Musk lashed out at companies that have pulled ads from his platform. “I don’t want them to advertise,” he said at the New York Times DealBook Summit in New York. “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money go f**k yourself. Go. F**k. Yourself,” he said.
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“Is that clear? Hey Bob, if you’re in the audience, that’s how I feel” he added, referring to Disney CEO Bob Iger, who spoke earlier at the summit on Wednesday.
A lot of people have been upset with Elon Musk and the changes he has made the app. Most recently, he announced he might start charging everyone who uses the Twitter/X app to pay a fee.
Musk, previously had a long conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and spoke about another new feature that he’s looking to add to the app. Bloomberg’s Dave Lee shared the news to his X account and the message read: “Elon Musk revisiting an idea apparently floated privately in the past — charging *everyone* to use Twitter. A lower tier than premium. ‘We’ve moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,’ he just told Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it’s only way to stamp out bots.”
Musk also revealed that audio and video calls will soon be introduced. Musk made the big announcement last week and listed some of the feature’s traits: It will work on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC, he wrote, and no phone number will be needed.
“Video & audio calls coming to X:
– Works on iOS, Android, Mac & PC
– No phone number needed
– X is the effective global address book,” the tweet read. Now, Musk didn’t say anything about when the feature might launch. However, he just noted that it’s “coming.”