Linda Yaccarino brushes off Elon Musk's 'go f— yourself' message to fleeing advertisers

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino seemingly tried to do some clean-up Wednesday after owner Elon Musk told advertisers to “go f—” themselves in an interview earlier that evening. 

“Today @elonmusk gave a wide ranging and candid interview at @dealbook 2023,” the chief executive of the social media platform formerly called Twitter said in a post. “He also offered an apology, an explanation and an explicit point of view about our position.”

“X is enabling an information independence that’s uncomfortable for some people. We’re a platform that allows people to make their own decisions,” Yaccarino added.

ELON MUSK TELLS ADVERTISERS WHO LEFT X: ‘GO F— YOURSELF’

Musk, who bought X just over a year ago for tens of billions of dollars, used expletives Wednesday evening while explaining to New York Times DealBook editor-at-large Andrew Ross Sorkin at the outlet’s summit how he felt about companies halting X ads earlier in the month. 

“If someone’s going to try and blackmail me with…

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