Elon Musk is again at it together with his Twitter antics — this time claiming he is hiring yet one more govt place on the social media firm — VP of Witchcraft and Propaganda.
In a sarcastic (although with the billionaire, you by no means actually know) Tweet, Musk claimed that he was hiring for the place in a submit that is been considered over 37 million instances.
Seeking to rent a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2023
The Twitter proprietor didn’t additional elaborate on his authentic Tweet however referenced the place in response to Icelandic entrepreneur and philanthropist Haraldur Þorleifsson who went on a rant about how the “US resides in a post-truth, post-reason, post-ethics world.”
“That is why I am in search of a VP of Propaganda (and Witchcraft),” Musk quipped.
That is why I am in search of a VP of Propaganda (and Witchcraft)!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2023
It was a cheeky interplay for the pair who acquired into a really public argument on the platform in March when Þorleifsson (who’s disabled) accused Musk of laying him off with out warning and correct incapacity payout.
Ultimately, Musk publicly apologized to Þorleifsson for the “misunderstanding of his state of affairs” after mass criticism of their interplay went viral.
Twitter is already making extra waves this week after it was reported that the social media platform is not paying its Google Cloud payments as Twitter’s contract renewal with service hits a deadline this month.
This might have a destructive impact on Twitter’s belief and security groups, because the platform makes use of Google Cloud to mitigate dangerous content material that surfaces on the platform amongst different security precautions.
And although the brand new Witchcraft place may not be reliable, Musk did rent a brand new govt for the corporate when he appointed former NBCUniversal exec Linda Yaccarino as CEO of Twitter final month in a shock choice.
Yaccarino reportedly started her first day on the job final Monday.