Lucy Shelley
Jun 20, 2024

Elon Musk on artistic ads, 'foolish' posts and telling advertisers to go F themselves

The chief technology officer at X told WPP's Mark Read advertisers were 'insisting on censorship' at the time that he unleashed an expletive-led response to them.

Elon Musk (left) and Mark Read (right) at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2024

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