White House: “Unacceptable remarks”
X Open a SNS account at a competitor company
The fallout from Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s (pictured) anti-Semitic remarks continues. The U.S. White House opened an official account on Meta Thread, a competitor to Musk-owned social media
The White House announced on the 20th that it had opened a thread account for the White House, President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris. Previously, the White House said on the 17th that it was “unacceptable” for Musk, who commented on an anti-Semitic post posted on Some interpreted this as an attempt to ‘change’ social media through threads. However, Reuters reported that the White House said, “We have been preparing to open a Thread account for several weeks.”
After Tesla’s stock price fell about 4% after Musk’s anti-Semitic remarks, Tesla shareholders asked the board to give him a break. First American Trust Chairman Jerry Brachman issued a statement on the 20th and argued, “Musk should be given 30 to 60 days of vacation and required to undergo empathy training (therapy).” “The board has a responsibility to act,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management. He (Musk) should not be able to use the CEO title,” he told CNN.
Disney, Paramount Global, IBM and others have suspended advertising for X after a media watchdog claimed the company placed its ads next to anti-Semitic content. However, X CEO Linda Yacarino, who even heard acquaintances telling her to “escape X,” told X on the 20th, “Not a single true user of Musk reposted this article on his X.
Regardless, Musk is pouring out his thoughts on various current issues to X. When candidate Javier Millais, known as ‘Argentine Trump’, won the presidential election, he said, “Prosperity awaits Argentina.” When Sam Altman was dismissed as OpenAI CEO, Ilya (OpenAI chief scientist and board member) claimed, “I don’t take such drastic measures unless I deem it absolutely necessary.”
Source: Donga
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