Elon Musk, On Eve Of Deal, Tells Advertisers Twitter Won’t “Become A Free-For-All Hellscape”

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Elon Musk told advertisers in an open letter today that he believes “advertising, when done right, can delight, entertain and inform,” reassuring the group that makes up the bulk of Twitter’s revenue that ads are still welcome on the platform.

The billionaire Tesla founder who will close his tortured acquisition tomorrow, has indicated in the past he’d prefer to wean the service off ads, although it was never clear how that could work.

Advertisers have also been wary about Musk’s being less focused on content moderation and he addressed that too, sort of. “Twitter can obviously not become a free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences!” Twitter “must be warm and welcoming for all.” He acknowledged that’s a tall order. “I didn’t buy Twitter because it would be easy or to make money.

I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love, and I do so with humility recognizing that failure in pursing this goal despite our best efforts is a very real possibly.” “There is currently great danger that social media will splinted into far right wing and far left win echo chambers that generate more hate and divide in our society,” he said.