Linda Yaccarino Said Woke Corporations Should Have More Influence over Twitter Before Elon Musk Named Her CEO

Elon Musk recently appointed Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter, but at a conference in April, Yaccarino grilled Musk on his tweets and content moderation policies on Twitter, providing insight into how she sees the platform. Yaccarino stated that advertisers should have a greater hand in shaping the platform’s policies, explaining: “Product development, ad safety, content moderation — that’s what the influence is.”

AP News reports that before Elon Musk has named Linda Yaccarino, a seasoned NBC Universal advertising executive and a former chair at the World Economic Forum, the two engaged in a spirited debate about the platform’s future. Yaccarino, true to her advertising roots, argued that advertisers need to have a greater level of influence on Twitter’s policies, which would likely involve self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Musk bending the knee to woke corporations with deep advertising pockets.