Elon Musk's appearance at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

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Elon Musk clarifies controversial comments made to advertisers at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, emphasizing importance of free speech. X competes with social media giants for ad dollars.

Key Points

  • Musk clarifies 'Go f**k yourself' comment was about freedom of speech, not directed at all advertisers
  • X competes with Meta, Snap, and Reddit for ad dollars
  • X (formerly Twitter) used to have a strong presence at Cannes Lions to court advertisers

Pros

  • Emphasizes importance of global free speech platform
  • Attempts to win back ad dollars for X

Cons

  • Controversial comments made by Musk in the past