Musk says will continue to tweet unfiltered thoughts regardless of business blowback

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SAN RAFAEL (United States) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday (May 16) said a new Twitter chief executive will let him devote more time to Tesla, but that he will continue to tweet his unfiltered thoughts even if it hurts his businesses.

"I don't care," the billionaire said during a CNBC interview when asked what he thought of his controversial tweets potentially hurting Tesla shares or making it harder to sell ads on Twitter.Named as Mr Musk's successor as Twitter CEO, Ms Linda Yaccarino is a respected media and advertising executive considered a visionary by some.

Mr Musk has also cleared the way for former US president Donald Trump to return to Twitter, but Mr Trump has yet to restart using the platform, choosing to post on his own social media site instead. "We received what we believed to be a final threat to throttle the service — after several such warnings," the company said on Monday, amid outcry over the apparent hypocrisy.

 

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