Title: Exclusive Interview w/ CEO of X (Formerly Twitter), Linda Yaccarino...
Author: Mario Nawfal

Transcript:
today we're excited to have Linda yino
CEO of X with us to chat about some
really timely topics first up we'll dive
into the world of Citizen journalism
versus traditional media it's a Hot
Topic especially considering how
platforms like X are changing the game
we'll discuss X's Monumental impact on
the 2024 elections it's fascinating to
see how a digital platform can sway
public opinion and influence political
outcomes X is in an exciting phase right
now almost like a blue ocean of opportun
unities especially with its focus on
video content we're going to get into
why that's a priority and what it means
for users and creators but it's not all
smooth sailing countries like Brazil
have pushed back even Banning acts we'll
explore what led to these decisions and
what they could mean for the future of
global digital platforms and of course
we can't ignore the elephant in the room
Elon Musk his involvement with X and his
political gambles during the recent us
election have stirred up quite the
conversation so buckle up as we unpack
all this and more about the future of X
under Linda's leadership it's going to
be a compelling blend of insights
controversies and
predictions when a sitting president
decided to step away from his campaign
reelection efforts he posted it on X a
full 30 minutes before any Legacy Media
Company could get up and running I think
exactly the first thing I wanted to
focus on is citizen journalism versus
mainstream media I think you're the
perfect person to ask that question
um and you know again I'm glad you're
doing this interview considering how how
tough it is to for anyone to be able to
speak to you so I've got so many
questions and but I do want to focus on
that Journey because you know you saw
axio swe he said I'll I'll read it out
for for anyone listening that hasn't
seen the clip he's saying he starts off
saying something right he says
everything we do is under Fire and then
he goes on and says he starts attacking
Elon Elon sits on Twitter every day or X
saying like saying like we are the media
we are the media you are the media my
message to Elon is you are not
the media you having a blue check mark a
Twitter handle of 300 words of
cleverness doesn't make you a reporter
you don't do that by popping off on
Twitter you don't do that by having an
opinion you do it by doing the hard work
your thoughts on that Outburst um I have
a lot of thoughts on that Outburst but I
think that reaction is not really
dissimilar from my own Journey you're
sitting here talking to somebody who has
spent almost their entire career in
Legacy Media and you know I spent the
large part of my career kind of kind of
for an analogy stacking the proverbial
sandbags of the future Innovation not
overtaking us right and I got tired of
that and I wanted to leap frog that to
go to a place that had their hand in
shaping the future of media because it's
no surprise to anyone where consumption
is going when you look at Legacy Media
Brands cons assumption is going in One
Direction technology has liberated
information liberated data where the
once Legacy Gatekeepers who presented a
one-way Street of filtered
information clearly designed to
influence the way you think how you
think is no longer
sustainable and it is now in the power
of the user's hands who like you say
right you say you're not the Arbiter of
Truth your listeners or your viewers are
and the power is in their hands to
dissect and find out the truth and
that's what x provides X provides a
global town square for people to
congregate and sift through truth and
they can identify misinformation almost
in real time and that's where the Legacy
power
Brokers um get fr frustrated like to
those comments because X starves them of
that power and when you're starved of
that power you have reactions like that
and that's what's the beautiful thing
about X and I will tell you they that
Genie is out of the bottle that train
has left the station and the users are
in fact the media now and we seeing that
with the first congratulations the
metrics speak for themselves I think a
lot of other social media platforms are
either struggling or growth is slowing
yeah you guys are breaking records month
after month um there's there's something
that Emma Tucker from Wall Street
Journal the chief editor said and she
kind of admitted to exactly what you're
saying they're not they're not they're
not hiding it anymore I think it's it's
as you said the genie is out of the
bottle she literally said and that was
yesterday we were The Gatekeepers and we
had ownership of the facts yeah anything
that New York Times or Wall Street
Journal said back then was fact now
people go through different sources and
question everything which is where X
comes in um was there a specific moment
so for me the moment that I kind of
started my distrust in mainstream media
one important event was when NBC wrote a
hit piece on me and not a hit piece I
think if there's a hit piece based on
fact I respect it they need to get
clicks but then it was it was an anti-
Elon journalist who's been writing
things against Elon for for for a long
time and they used me obviously to
Target Elon which is a habit of theirs
so that was the moment for me I'm like
wow cuz I I like the NBC but I realized
not all journalists are the same was
there a certain event that started you
know that got you to question the level
of trust you had in mainstream media as
well it began your shift to the position
you have to well I I have to tell you um
I think that just think about the
stunning statement you made in the
leadup to your question which was the
old mainstream media had ownership of
the facts that's quite a stunning
acknowledgment because how do you own
facts when you and I are sitting here
today when we know numbers and facts are
manipulated to serve a particular
narrative we all just came out of a a
lengthy way too lengthy election season
where we were all victimized by that so
I think anyone that's acknowledging that
there was once an ownership of the facts
should should frighten all of us and we
should have a radical dedication and
conviction to the truth and the biggest
difference you ask me what What
attracted me to come to X I mean
obviously we we we should talk about uh
the importance of protecting Free Speech
around the world but when you talk about
a a radical dedication to the truth um
that's quite a pure and Noble ambition
and when you combine that with the
impact of technology and and how people
want to consume their information in
real time That's The Power of X because
culture breaks big moments break you ask
was there a specific moment I would say
the last six months were were a a um
almost like a collision of many many big
moments right but if you talk about one
of the most seminal moments that defined
the importance of X in the world like
think about it uh uh all eyes in the
world were on X with the interest for
the US election right and when a sitting
president decided to step away from his
campaign reelection efforts he posted it
on X that's a pretty important moment
but was additionally important is that
the world came together and was sharing
their thoughts and feelings about that
on X a full 30 minutes before any Legacy
Media Company could get up and running
and talking about it or let's call it
like on air right so so when you think
about that and you think about the
importance of culture breaking in real
time in the platform and having people
being able to react to it those are the
kind of moments that you say you know
what consumption really has shifted
forever and two other things I would
talk about the awful first assassination
attempt on President
Trump people all over the world coming
together to share their thoughts and
feelings in real time on X there's no
surrogate for that real time
conversation it really doesn't matter
you could bring up a lot of other
platforms the communication back and
forth on X there's no surrogate and I
would I would land you know really on
the last thing which is when you think
about um you know these seminal moments
that have defined X and you experienced
in real time election night on X um um
it was a global Gathering to to see what
the most consequential election in the
world was taking place that's why usage
is surging that's why the platform is
exploding with growth I think um I
realized that during the coverage of FTX
when it collapsed I did the live
coverage out of nowhere I wasn't
expecting it and then I had a lot of
journalists reach out to us for facts
and we had people leaking stories
whistleblowers on stage so my first
instance and then what people don't
realize people outside the US is that X
has become the single source of Truth in
countries that no one even pays
attention to right now there's people in
Pakistan the prime minister's office
they're messaging me saying Mario
they're blocking X we we don't have any
way to communicate and the people on the
streets in Brazil they went on the
attack and Elon fought back my my
question to you is how do you deal with
that how do you deal with the ccdh some
random organization in the UK having on
their agenda kill Twitter what when that
when that came across your desk how did
you find out about it what was the first
thing that came to mind the first thing
that came to mind believe it or not was
actually a validation that what we've
known for a long time was entirely true
right and I go back to what we talk
about uh all the time is a radical
dedication to the truth and an
unwavering conviction to to protecting
Free Speech around the world but whether
uh it's the you bring up there's many
activist organizations that um have
attempted to to put on their agenda I'm
sure there's others uh uh that says you
know kill Twitter or kill X and invite
other people to do so and it's because
of everything that we're talking about
they've lost control of the narrative
because the people are in charge and
what's so interesting as business has
rebounded on X because so many of our
partners stakeholders are advertising
are realizing you know based if you just
look at what happened in the election
and you think about in business and I'm
sure you've heard this you have many
businesses right so whether you're
running a company whether you're a chief
marketing officer you're just selling
stuff you want to meet your consumers or
your customers where they are and
everything we're talking about
demonstrates where they are is on X in
real time enjoying discussing debating
all types of realtime events that happen
and I think that's the key thing that
you have to think about and one thing I
I think about a lot especially recently
when we look at the rebound uh of the
company just a couple of weeks ago
advertising age and the Harris poll came
out with a study a poll a survey that
communicated the number one brand for
Gen Z of choice is X wow so talk about
where the future is going right that's
an important metric no one talks about
didn't know that well that's because
organizations like those ones you
mentioned don't want that it doesn't fit
their narrative they look at the
different metrics that don't make sense
yeah and if you look at gen Z and where
that goes right the that's the future
that's where it's going and when you
look at a lot of the Legacy Media
organizations the median age is much
older right they haven't embraced where
consumption is going and what I really
wish to happen a lot of those uh
Publications should embrace X for its
distribution potential look how
successful you are on X crazy right the
distribution potential is actually
unlimited and to embrace it and to
embrace your consumers in that way
particularly as I keep talking about the
power of gen Z and what's next uh that's
really what we should be focused on and
not that they've lost control of the
narrative I think people underestimate I
don't understand why they
underestimate the reach you can have on
X for creators it I was speaking to
someone two days ago and I said X is
literally you know when you have a
social media platform just starting out
it's a blue ocean You' got so much
potential X is because you're you're
rebuilding the the structure the
foundation of the business in a way it's
become like a startup which is a massive
opportunity for any Creator to get reach
our reach now when I say to people I
struggle to believe it our Impressions
per month on my account is two one
account 2 to 3 billion Impressions how
crazy is that I sometimes struggle to
understand how many people were reaching
around the world and then obviously
you've got spaces you've got the the
video interviews like this one but
talking about the world how do you deal
with what's happening in the UK with
what's happening in Brazil Brazil was
crazy to me the fact that they shut down
X and they went after SpaceX they went
after your employees can you tell me
more just that the Journey of fighting
the fourth biggest democracy in the
world yeah cuz there there's a cuz
you're fighting for Free Speech but
you're also running a business it's just
such a tricky position to be in at times
well it's it's a really tricky position
to be in and it was one of the most
challenging periods I know I've
certainly gone through in my career
because to your point it was challenging
for our employees it was challenging for
the people of Brazil and I certainly as
you could see demonstrated by only X
stood up to protect the freedom of
speech but the people of Brazil and we
were going to do whatever it
took to make sure that we elevated the
conversation that the freedom of speech
was so fragile in Brazil and you think
about it it's it's to your comments a
few minutes ago it's fragile all over
the world right now what's going on in
London in France what's G on in Ireland
what's gone on in Australia and Brazil
was really one of the latest examples
and had it not been for X the
conversation and the importance of that
conversation would not have been
elevated and we never actually wavered
for one second if we had to shut down in
Brazil we had to shut down in Brazil to
to you know there's some points in your
career and your life and you run your
business cuz you said you're running a
business too but what is X
without its core value of protecting
Free Speech around the world because for
democracies to thrive and for
democracies to be successful the core
foundational contributor to that is the
protection of freedom of speech and for
you to create this Global Town Square
doesn't exist if you don't have that
first most important building block of
freedom of speech so for us while it was
one of the most difficult times I will
never forget
the day I had to communicate to our
staff that we were closing down and
because it was uncertain it was always
Our intention to come back and serve the
people of for Brazil but in those
moments in that moment we weren't sure
and it was one of the most emotional
difficult things I know I've ever done
in my career but the great news is
elevated the
conversation and we're back and we're
back
and the people of Brazil are thriving on
X and I would also be confident to
communicate that the importance of
protecting the freedom of speech means
something very very different to
everyone in Brazil
today I say this to anyone that that
brings up the discussion have you ever
seen protesters wearing a t-shirt with a
social media logo or the logo of an
owner of a social media have you ever
seen Mark Zuckerberg on a on a t
t-shirt well protesters in Brazil had X
on their t-shirt I know politicians um I
can't remember the gentleman's name I
had him on the show in bolsonaro's team
former president bolsonaro they I wish I
remember the the the congressman's name
but they were thanking X thanking Elon
on camera hold they were themselves
wearing t-shirts with X on there so X
has become more than a news platform and
more than a social media platform uh X
is a purpose right X provides a purpose
a voice a megaphone for truth and the
freedom of speech around the
world uh in Brazil like when you when
you look at the sentiment the fandom the
Ferocious loyalty of the users on the
platform is why they're proud to wear a
shirt with the logo on it it's why we
have you know we have almost 600 million
monthly active users on the platform
right so you have 600 million Advocates
around the world that wake up every day
you know X has reached kind of what I
like to call fomo status you wake up in
the morning you got to check what's
going on all around the world or for
some of us guilty to admit in the middle
of the night where you're like just
another just another um three days ago
he went crazy it was he wouldn't my team
was like mar el go to sleep it's it's
sometimes you you you you have reached
up addiction level status but that's
when you have a world of users where
it's not just an app it's actually part
of your life and that's what x has
become and over time since now uh just
two years since acquisition right so you
have the core foundational value
protecting Free Speech around the world
creating the global town square but you
also have a scope of ambition and a pace
of innov
that is like no other company in the
world I don't it doesn't matter what
business sector you're in so you're
building all these
incredible uh conveniences We've shipped
over 250 products since the Inception
you've been a benefici beneficiary of it
so when you think about uh what was once
a 140 character messaging app I think at
time of acquisition it was 280
characters by then but we barely had
more than uh a couple of minutes of
video video that we had the capabilities
it was actually one of the subject
matter of discussion that I had when I
first met Elon and it was about video
and and I was in my my old uh gig at the
time but it was like we have to
prioritize video and now look where we
are well that was your idea I wouldn't
say it was my idea I would say that it
was a joint uh discussion about the
power the power of video and came up in
the subject of one of the first uh
conversations that I had with Elon but
now look where we are barely 2 years
later you're up to over 4 hours of video
you could post a documentary for
episodes of a of a latest streaming
series uh so the video that's why video
consumption is up over
43% uh year-over-year we have audio
video calling grock has exploded onto
the
marketplace
q125 we are looking to launch payments
in the US so when you bottle all that up
and you look at the scope of the
ambition the pace of the Innovation and
you marry that with purpose that's where
you're getting these 600 million people
all over the world to be sheer and utter
Advocates add payments with free
speech you're becoming a fighter for for
freedom because payments is obviously
I'm I'm pretty deep in crypto as well so
is Elon and payments is another way
people are getting censored as well
especially in other countries so I
adding payments into X is going to be so
it's going to be the first quarter of
next year in the US that's what we're
targeting on launching in the US and
imagine what uh the the this capability
will provide you will be able to live
most of your financial life on the
platform you'll be making an even better
living on the platform so it will be a
boon for creators but also for our users
your your building an app that people
will grow to have different expectations
of a social media app right that's
number one number two you will have such
a sheer and utter convenience of a
utility of offerings that you'll spend
more time on the platform right so we
know people spend so much time on the
platform because Sports and X are
inextricably linked but think about all
the other things that we're talking
about from gaming to video all the way
to payments and have a a tool like grock
to use for your AI needs when you when
you think about all of those things in
one there's no other company that's
innovating at the speed at which we're
innovating and you think this is the
most incredible new company uh uh
energized startup that is is
unimaginable to most people I like to
use the word startup is that goes back
to my initial point it is like a startup
um and it doesn't suffer from innovators
dilemma that's for sure that is for sure
talking about different products what
about xtv is there any updates on that
front yeah xtv is is maturing and
sophisticating at equal light speed like
I talked about so the xtv app uh which
is available in a variety of places
right now whether it's Samsung or video
or Google or Amazon far you can you can
access and actually take your app your
feed and cast it up to the big screen in
your home or the screen on your lap so
imagine another demonstration of how
consumption has changed forever and I
think a good thing to point out of a
recent example of what it's going to be
like all day every day is the the
presidential debate that happened
between Harris and Trump okay for the
first time you could live stream the
debate and be in your feed and live
conversation at the same time on the big
screen in your home so imagine when that
goes wide and is fully available to over
half a billion users around the world
that's a pretty exciting future and it's
right upon
us there's another thing that Elon
teased in his tweets but yeah so I try
to keep up with them all so I'm hoping I
saw that one I know um have you heard
about the X phone has he brought that up
at all I I see it a lot in post I see a
lot of people wishing and hoping uh that
that happens uh but that remains to be
seen but I saw this really funny meme
the other day and it was um a kind of
caricature of Elon the other night when
he was posting away and his phone was
actually flaming and on
fire so I'm not sure if that was the
Prototype of the phone but that remains
to be
seen and of elon's tweets it seems to be
a lot of us do learn things from his
tweets cuz Walter I've had Walter Ison
on the show one thing I was wondering is
when Elon posts is he being calculated
in what he posts or is he literally
posting what he feels or thinks and in
his interview with you he said that so
first Walter says he actually posts what
he thinks he's being as honest as one
can be um and then in in when you
interviewed Elon he also said he wants
to be treated like anyone else when
posting he should he wants to be held in
the same regard which
a great thing um for for I don't think
you can disagree with that but has there
been times where you also said there are
times after you told Elon can you please
stop posting after 3:00 a.m. can you
give me some examples of when Elon was
either annoyed at someone and post
something you wake up in the morning and
then you have to call well if you
remember that um he actually bristled a
little bit at that question he saw the
value of it there's actually a big story
or a a a story I think it was in
Walter's book of when they actually
locked up his phone one night um but to
your to your comment I I Elon lives out
loud right and I think that's a
beautiful thing and he really does post
what he thinks and he he posts his
musings on life or a variety of things
that happen I find it actually quite
inspirational right and and with over
200 million followers a lot of people uh
feel that same way and they learn a lot
they see a lot uh uh and they're exposed
to a world uh of someone who just wants
to be treated exactly like that he's
held to the same standard you see some
of his posts are Community noted uh but
but I have to tell you uh over time
there is such value in the consequential
contributions uh of Elon in his daily
life that I'll take all of those same
posts all day every day because there by
the grace of God go I I don't write
perfect posts every single day and I
think it's high time especially uh post
uh this election I think we've learned a
lot that the days of cancel culture are
behind us and that we're in a world now
of
respecting alternative or different
points of view when we talk about the
the um success of freedom of speech has
to be when something you somebody you
disagree with says something you
disagree with that you might be able to
bucket all of those posts in and again a
Cornerstone of the company purpose which
I think is important that everyone no
matter who you are has the same right to
post what they think and feel what would
you say and it's more of a personal
question what would you say is um give
us an idea of an event that happened
behind the scenes that really shook you
or shook Elon up my guess would probably
be Brazil but I could be way off is this
story giving people a peak of the
difficulty of what you guys are fighting
for cuz I think people under I'm deep in
the wheed so I can get an idea of the
fights you have to fight yeah so so
Brazil definitely I would say in the top
couple I think October
7th um October 7th would
be uh my number one my number one one
because I I was under 6 months at the
company it was the first Global
happening where we had to activate a
crisis protocol at the company and it
was a time where we all came together as
a new company and realized how
consequential it became to combat
anti-Semitism on the
platform and that things we were doing
things we had to newly do learn work
with law enforcement all over the world
work with military all over the world
work with um a variety of organizations
to protect Jewish people on that awful
day uh we learned how important it was
for X to set the example for many to
follow so that was that was a a really
big deal and then I would I would so
think about those consequential things
and you're you're confronted when when
when you're an employee at X you're
confronted with consequential things all
day every day because of the meaningful
nature of the platform but when you go
to uh you're running a business or
business decisions you have to make you
brought up the ccdh and there have been
other business issues that have come up
that we've had to confront when there
were uh unfortunate business decisions
being made that were designed to to to
starve or stifle X and what these people
didn't realize is that they weren't they
they trying to starve and stifle x and x
is going nowhere let's be realistic um
but they're actually trying to starve
and stifle citizens of the world from
having access to realtime information
and to respect them enough to make
decisions on their
own and that that was what is quite
stunning and what has been really
meaningful and actually motivational for
me to make sure that I in every way
shape or form or decision that I make
ensure that that those kind of stuff
that nonsense
stops and that's what helps me show up
for work every day yeah I remember the
video of Elon he was really upset when
he said go yourself to advertisers
remember that clip I remember the clip I
was sitting in the FR front row was kind
of waving hey yeah but you could see the
pain in his voice I've had Elon on the
show it's been obviously you've speak to
him almost daily if not daily but I've
had him on the show five six times and
yeah I've had him during different
events during the Twitter files during
the FDX collapse and there are during
Brazil when that got shut down and
there's just times where you you hear it
in his voice is that yes it's a struggle
like his fight is very difficult people
like to make fun of or Jo could not make
fun of joke about when Elon and Tucker
were on the show and Tucker asked him
what happens if Trump loses and Elon
jokingly said I'm um how long
will I be in prison for will my family
see me said it as a joke but I don't I
don't think people understand how I
wouldn't say close but how serious it
got in that fight having advertisers
cess together to starve the company
having organizations like the
ccdh literally write kill Twitter I know
that Elon he said on my show he he I
remember once he said I will never kill
myself so he's expressing that you know
he he's got threats in his life he's
increased his security um if you don't
mind me asking because I know you're
very private about your personal life
but my question is more about the impact
that fight had on you personally um have
you had to increase security have you
received you know I was talking to
congresswoman mace yesterday and she
telling me about all the death threats
she's receiving um has that struggle
impacted you on a personal
level I'll get to that in a second I
think what's really important to comment
on are you know the comments you referen
that Elon has made also to his comments
about what would happen if the election
went another way the way I translate
that is
to un
unbelievable courage to stand up for
what you believe in and the fact that
Elon initially and
singularly uh stood up in that way uh W
inspired many right but there was
incredible risk to that and and the
amount of push back and hate that ensued
um I think is a stain on our culture and
civilization and I feel really strongly
about that um but as it relates to me
specific Ally yes you know uh uh flying
close to the Sun or living in the Halo
or in the orbit of Elon it happens I but
I think people have learned particularly
in the last year and a half because when
I first joined the company there were a
few Skeptics that said here's this lady
from Legacy Media is she all in on the
mission so I think they figured that out
by now uh but it did have some impact on
on my family and I could talk about
something specifically which was when we
the ccdh thing was going on and then the
the garm lawsuit happened um and I knew
there were um you know uh things that
were going to come out of that I mean I
had to sit down and kind of have a
family meeting and and say we're going
to go to Next Level now there's going to
be impact from push back from people
because when you challenge the media
complex in this in in this instance uh
and you challenge
Legacy there are aggressive reactions to
it so you need to make sure that your
your core home base is all in with you
and and you know what what is that
saying if you don't stand for anything
you stand for nothing and and this was
the singular choice for me it's why I
came to the company I believed in the
mission and again I I I won't stop until
that nonsense and that illegal activity
is behind us I feel like the more they
target you the more they drive you and
you and others and and me included so
when I when I got the Brazil so Brazil
launched a federal investigation into
Elon they dragged it into me I'm not
sure if you saw it among all the other
noise and what happens is when they do
that it actually drives you to fight
further so I started being even more
vocal and I feel that Journey with you
cuz obviously I've seen your interviews
from the the GetGo and I feel and I
could be wrong you came in as a business
person focus on advertising run the
business and now I have a feeling like
another few months people will have your
picture on the street as well cuz now
you're fighting that same Mission um
that's how it feels watching you from
the outside well I I thank you for that
um I would wear that achievement like a
badge of honor and on that badge is X
which represents a lot and I would uh uh
really be proud of that accomplishment
because uh protecting the fragile state
of the freedom of speech around the
world uh is a pretty noble cause but
when you think about if we wrap up all
the things we talked about and you
combined The Innovation that we talked
about and the growth of the
platform think about it we're also
talking
about that the freedom of speech has
actually turned out to be good for
business so it's a it's a big concept to
say okay we we we see the rebound of the
business but look what we've
accomplished along the way and that's a
pretty cool thing to accomplish I feel
like he keeps gambling obviously with
Trump's support how he went all in it
was a gamble like what are you doing
what are you doing and then I'm like
okay holy crap you're right again and
with this fight for free speech you're
going to get banned in Brazil you're
going to go that far and then it paid
off people in Brazil now are fighting
for for for the cause rather than just
fighting for a social media platform um
I do want to talk about another event as
a last point to to ask your thoughts is
someone that comes from NBC Universal um
and now you've got you on again tweeting
him and Donald Trump Jr about
potentially buying MSNBC have you had a
chance to speak to him about
this well I would say maybe we we um
exchange some post together about
world's colliding right so world's
colliding think about uh uh the
trajectory of the Legacy Media business
and I think it's been a little bit of a
Folly uh but quite frankly uh when you
look at um the state of consumption that
we talked about but what x has become
and that it's growing and the vibrancy
of that and what the consumer wants
today and
embracing uh embracing citizen
journalism really supporting independent
journalist right so there there's
yourself there's think about I posted
today about uh Katherine herriage that
woman is a free speech Warrior and look
at her similar story to me her work more
consequential historically but she goes
from a Legacy Media company and comes to
X and is thriving there and she's an a
real demonstration of obviously she's
also committed uh to protecting Free
Speech but it's this
journalistic
curiosity that that consumers are so
starved for because it controlled
lopsided narrative is what the Legacy
Media has become so again uh Elon may
have a different Vision but I'm not sure
that's realistically in the future but
again I'm here for it so so I'm ready to
go and I'm somewhat experienced at it so
let's see next week we'll see tweets
about the acquisition offer for MSNBC
and a new phone coming out next year um
my last question Linda is um where do
you see x a year from now realistically
considering the business aspect of it
yeah the everything Act and the town
hall see I feel like there's two paths
I'm not sure how they Collide the path
of the fight for truth and the path of
becoming the everything up yeah I'm not
sure they Collide I would say they're
exponentially all better together right
so we talked about uh the initial or
near-term adversity right with with uh
uh Legacy Media push back uh
institutions trying to starve the
platform and that's all being surfaced
right that's that is in parallel with
protecting Free Speech around the world
right but but consumption is only going
in One Direction and that's going to
leave X to thrive and when you look at
you want to think about uh fast forward
a year fast forward a year from now uh
you have video in full bloom you have an
app that some of those other uh smaller
apps that you mentioned or that has been
mentioned before will only have a Miller
fraction of the capabilities of what x
is you have the TV app which is going to
house more and more video and content so
a full consumption experience is going
to exist and then you have payments that
have launched right so you have you know
where we go to next globally in your
living your financial life on the
platform it could mean Investments it
could mean trades but you're going to
see more and more things like um last
week that we launched the NFL portal
right so you have the biggest sports
brand in the world combined with the
biggest communication platform in the
world in X coming together to bring
specifically in the US you bring all of
their favorite sport boort all in one
place right in real time there's no
surrogate for that no no one else can do
it next comes the NBA then eepl then you
the the world is our oyster and becoming
the world's largest stadium and I'm just
talking about sports so can you imagine
what's next so I think it's a good
example of of we can't even imagine
what's next but the building blocks and
pieces are in place um
Linda I really enjoyed this discussion
to say Le like to have to when you
walked in and had a a necklace with free
speech I speaks uh speaks louder than
anything else I I could say and I really
appreciate the fight you and Elon and
others are fighting it's been an
incredible journey and uh somehow it's
all working for the best and the numbers
and I'm assuming revenue is a indicator
of that so thank you so much for your
time it's a pleasure to finally meet you
um thank you for being here uh the chair
I sit in at X it's an honor of a
lifetime so thanks for having me thank
you now thank you