Retail giant Walmart on Friday announced that it would cease advertising on social media platform X after owner Elon Musk advised companies not to do so if they intended to use their money to influence him.

“Don’t advertise. If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f— yourself,” Musk said earlier this week.

[Seems foolish to me. Are they admitting they were more interested in pressuring X’s owner then reaching the bazillions of customers? What on earth is the point? ~ Beege]