X CEO Linda Yaccarino Cancels Appearance at WSJ Tech Live to Protect X's Safety

JAKARTA - CEO of X, formerly Twitter, Linda Yaccarino has canceled her attendance at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Tech Live conference next week. This news was confirmed directly by WSJ employee Joanna Stern via the X platform.

When deciding to cancel her attendance, X included a reason for the cancellation. They said, “With the ongoing global crisis, Linda and her team must remain focused on the security of the X platform.”

Although it did not explain what kind of global crisis X was referring to, The Verge suspects that this global crisis refers to the war taking place between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

This war has an impact on platform X because disinformation on Elon Musk's social media is increasingly flooding. Many posts are untrue about the Israel-Hamas war and exaggerate things, making things hotter.

Many have criticized this disinformation problem, even Elon Musk has stepped in. Through his account, Musk asked all X users not to muddy the waters.

Musk asked people to focus more on facts and not swallow information without reviewing it first. He also reminded that X is a platform that should be far from this kind of commotion, but the opposite is true.

Apart from the issue of disinformation, several X users linked Yaccarino's absence to an interview at the Code Conference at the end of last September. At that time, Yaccarino was present and discussed several problems at X.

The interview received a lot of attention because Yaccarino seemed very supportive of Musk's leadership. However, when asked about Musk's plans such as eliminating the free version on X, Yaccarino was confused. Musk didn't seem to be invited to discuss it even though he is a CEO.