Former World Economic Forum (WEF) executive and Twitter, now called X, CEO Linda Yaccarino discussed freedom of speech policies in a CNBC interview.
The platform has a “freedom of speech, not reach” policy, Yaccarino said.
“If it’s lawful, but awful, it’s extraordinarily difficult for you to see it.”
The policy allegedly “labels” users and limits the comment’s exposure.
“We have an extraordinary team of people who are overseeing, hands on keyboards, monitoring all day every day to make sure that 99.9% of [healthy] impressions remain at that number,” she said.
“But we also have to remember what’s at the core of free expression,” Yaccarino continued. “You might not agree with what everyone is saying. We want to make it a healthy debate and discourse, but free expression at its core will really only survive when someone you don’t agree with says something you don’t agree with.”
Yaccarino also noted in the interview that “Mine and Elon’s roles are very clear.”
“Elon is working on accelerating the rebrand and working on the future,” the CEO said. “And I’m responsible for the rest. Running the company, from partnerships to legal to sales to finance.”
Reporting from The National Pulse:
Yaccarino has hired fellow ex-NBC executive and drag queen enthusiast Joe Benarroch, who was involved in censoring anti-illegal immigration adverts by Donald Trump at the network, to assist her at X.
