The announcement comes two days after CEO Elon Musk said advertisers pulling out are engaging in ‘blackmail’ and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away
The deal must still be ratified by the 11,500 members of the WGA. The top executives are also still negotiating with the actors union to resolve the conflict
A number of companies had pulled back on ad spending over concerns that Musk’s thinning of content restrictions was enabling hateful and toxic speech to flourish