CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Muskgave an interview to the BBC about the administration twitterwhich he purchased in October 2022 for $44 billion.

During the interview, Musk was asked about the decision to add the badge to the BBC’s main Twitter account, which describes it as “state media“. Musk responded that he knew the BBC generally didn’t like being called state media, but stated that Twitter was adjusting the BBC’s description to “financed by public funds“to be more precise.

Musk also discussed the issue of misinformation on Twitter. He stated that the amount of misinformation has decreased since he acquired the company and that his efforts to weed out bots will reduce the amount of fake news.

However, experts disagree, citing an increase in the activity of popular accounts spreading disinformation after Musk took over the platform. He repeatedly wondered if journalists were fair arbiters of the truth, and said that he trusted “ordinary people” more.

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Asked about the legacy of the platform’s blue confirmation badges, Musk said they will be removed from accounts by the end of next week. Former Twitter chief executive Bruce Daisley, who led the company in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for eight years, said the interview “gave us some insight into the strange life of this billionaire.” He also suggested that the interview showed that he was not always consistent in what he said.

Musk also spoke about Twitter’s finances and the difficulty of reducing its staff from just under 8,000 at the time of the company’s purchase to around 1,500. He acknowledged that he did not fire everyone personally and that the departure of many engineers since the acquisition of the company raised concerns about the stability of the platform. He acknowledged some glitches, including site outages, but said the outages didn’t last long and the site is currently running normally.

Thus, during an interview with the BBC, Elon Musk spoke about the administration of Twitter, discussed the issue of disinformation on the platform, commented on the blue check seals and talked about the company’s finances and stability.

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Source: BBC

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