Topline
Elon Musk dismissed concerns about misinformation and hateful content on Twitter, said he’s been sleeping on a couch at the company’s office and even joked about making his dog the CEO in an interview with the BBC on Twitter Spaces late on Tuesday that the interviewer later described as ‘bizarre’.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the company is now roughly breaking even as most advertisers have … [+]
Key Facts
Addressing the large-scale layoffs at the company since his take over, Musk confirmed that Twitter’s headcount was down to around 1,500 from “just under 8,000” when he took over the company.
The billionaire claimed that he sometimes sleeps on the couch inside the library at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
Musk claimed that most advertisers who had ditched the platform after his takeover are now back, and Twitter is now “roughly breaking even.”
When confronted about growing hate speech on the platform, an agitated Musk pushed back, asking the BBC journalist for an example, and then said “You can’t even name a single one…you just lied.”
On the issue of Covid misinformation, Musk simply said “Covid is no longer an issue,” before accusing the BBC of spreading misinformation about masking and vaccination.
In the middle of the interview, Musk informed the interviewer that he was “not CEO anymore…my dog Floki has taken over.”
Forbes Valuation
According to our estimates, Elon Musk’s current net worth is $189.1 billion, making him the world’s second richest person. In the interview, however, the billionaire was refused to discuss his net worth, simply admitting “very rich man.”
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/04/12/musk-dismisses-concerns-about-misinfo-and-hate-on-twitter-jokes-his-dog-floki-is-ceo-now/