Here's what Elon Musk has to say on owning Twitter, BBC documentary ban in India

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Here's what Elon Musk has to say on owning Twitter, BBC documentary ban in India
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Here's what Elon Musk has to say on owning Twitter, BBC documentary ban in India

Elon Musk has been mired in controversies since he purchased Twitter in October last year. Whether it's mass layoffs, non-payment of rent, the launch of subscription-based verification or ‘controversial’ tweeting, he has been targeted from all quarters. In what could be called his first interview that provides details of his short tenure as the company CEO, the billionaire has addressed several issues that shrouded the social media company in the last 5 months.

Musk on being Twitter’s top boss
Musk told the BBC that running Twitter has been "quite painful" and a "rollercoaster" for him. He said he would sell the company if the right person came along.

"It's not been boring. It's been quite a rollercoaster. It has been really quite a stressful situation over the last several months," the company’s top executive said. The "pain level has been extremely high, this hasn't been some kind of party", he added.

Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October last year. He mentioned that he still felt that buying the company was the right thing to do and things are going "reasonably well" as the site usage is up and "the site works".

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Musk on sleeping in the office
There were reports that Musk had converted some conference rooms into bedrooms for employees and that he often slept in the office. According to Musk, it was due to the workload that he slept in the office.

"I sometimes sleep in the office," he said, adding that he has a spot on a couch in a library "that nobody goes to".

Musk suggests his tweeting is a ‘problem’
Musk is usually in the news for tweeting. While addressing his occasionally controversial tweets, the billionaire said, "Have I shot myself in the foot with tweets multiple times?" Yes".

"I believe I should refrain from tweeting after 3 am," he added.

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Musk defends job cuts
Musk said that he has been "under constant attack" and defended mass sackings of staff following his takeover last year.

"The issue is like the company's going to go bankrupt if we do not cut costs immediately. This is not a caring, uncaring situation. It's like if the whole ship sinks then nobody's got a job,” he said.

"What would you do? If you've four months to live, a 120 days, in a hundred and 20 days you're dead, so what do you want to do?” he added.

Won’t send my people to jail
Earlier this year, BBC released the first part of the two-part documentary series, 'India: The Modi Question'. Citing the sensitive nature of the documentary, the government banned it from being shown on social media, including Twitter, and elsewhere in the country.

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On this ban, the Twitter CEO said that he would comply with the law of the land in India rather than send his people to jail as the country has "strict social media laws".

"India has very strict social media laws. If it's a choice between complying with the laws or going to jail, I'd rather comply with laws than have any of my people go to jail," he said.

"We cannot go beyond the law of the country," the Twitter CEO added.

Musk also said that there is less misinformation and hate speech on Twitter since he took over.

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