GM suspends advertising on Twitter so it can ‘understand’ the service’s direction under new owner Elon Musk

The Detroit automaker, which is racing to capture up with Tesla in electrical motor vehicle advancement, said Friday it is conversing with Twitter to discuss how the system will alter and will end promoting until it has a superior knowing of what will take place to it with Musk now at the helm.

“We are partaking with Twitter to recognize the route of the platform beneath their new ownership,” spokesman David Barnas mentioned in a statement. “As is standard training course of business with a significant adjust in a media system, we have quickly paused our compensated advertising. Our customer treatment interactions on Twitter will continue.”

Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis NV, which owns the Jeep and Ram manufacturers, did not straight away reply to a request for comment. GM’s determination was very first claimed by CNBC. 

Since finishing his acquisition Thursday, Musk has stated he will convene a content council to make choices about criteria for people and their tweets. Among the considerations will be regardless of whether general public figures who have been suspended, this kind of as previous President Donald Trump, will be permitted back again on the platform.