Elon Musk facing challenging balancing act to reform Twitter, Babylon Bee CEO says: 'I don't envy him'

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said he has "too much work on [his] plate" amid his efforts to reform Twitter, leading Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon to say he does not envy the pressures facing the notorious business magnate.

"He's talking about how big his workload is. He's putting it on himself," Dillon told "America's Newsroom" host Bill Hemmer on Monday.

"He's handling complaints personally on Twitter. He's responding to tweets, people are suggesting things to him, he's interacting with them…" he added.

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The Babylon Bee, with the slogan "fake news you can trust," had its main account suspended by Twitter in March for "hateful content" after naming Biden official Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, as the company’s "Man of the Year." Dillion previously stated they will not delete the main account's tweet that led to its suspension.

Dillon is now "hopeful" the platform will be improved under Musk's reign as he works to bring free speech opportunities to conservative voices that were silenced in the past, but also said many on the left will make it a challenging task.

"He considers Twitter to be the town square of the modern age," Dillon said. "The left doesn't want free speech in the town square, they want more content moderation, so there are a lot of people that are cheering for him to fail."

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Dillon added that efforts to put pressure on Musk are in progress, including advertisers and activists who are influencing them, but argued Musk's verification method is one way to combat revenue losses.

"[Advertisers] essential control him being the source of his revenue. He's got to make them happy… he's been a little bit handcuffed here because he's not able to freely do what he wants," he said.

"He's got to try to balance his stated goal of restoring free speech with all of these people who are like ‘No, we want all of this content moderation to stay. We want more of it.'"

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"I don't envy him for the task of trying to balance those two competing goals…" he said.

Since Musk acquired Twitter, a mass exodus of celebrities, including Toni Braxton, Whoopi Goldberg and Amber Heard, ensued and media outlets erupted with criticism claiming that the platform is suffering under its new leader.

The New York Times reported that Twitter has been losing approximately $4 million per day since Musk's acquisition, saying he has fallen under "tremendous scrutiny" for his layoffs and other methods of navigating the tech company's struggles.

Others continue to label Musk's Twitter as a "cesspool" for bigotry in light of his free speech promises.

"I think that if he takes [Twitter] in the hardcore direction of free speech… he's going to have constant pressure from advertisers and the revenue falling off," Dillon said. "He's going to have to find a way around that to move it forward. But I do think that he can make the product better."

Fox News' Brian Flood, Nikolas Lanum and David Rutz contributed to this report.

Singer Dua Lipa Says She’s Not Performing At World Cup In Qatar As She Calls Out Country’s ‘Human Rights’ Violations

Superstar Dua Lipa shut down rumors speculating that she would be performing at the opening ceremony at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, as she called out the country’s “human rights” violations.

The 27-year-old singer shared a message on her Instagram Story on Sunday that she’s going to cheer on her England team from afar and will not be traveling to the Muslim country that’s hosting the world soccer tournament, Entertainment Weekly reported in a piece published Sunday.

“There is currently a lot of speculation that I will be performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar,” Lipa shared in a message on her social media account.

“I will not be performing and nor have I ever been involved in any negotiations to perform,” she added.

Dua Lipa clears rumors about performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar.

‘I will not be performing & nor have I ever been involved in any negotiation to perform […] I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fullfilled all the human rights pledges it made’ pic.twitter.com/Ca7DA9H1bC

— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 13, 2022

“I will be cheering England on from afar and I looked forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all of its human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup,” the English singer continued.

The manager for Lipa’s home team, Gareth Southgate, previously said, “We have always spoken about issues we think should be talked about, particularly the ones we feel we can affect.”

“Contrary to one or two observations in the last few weeks, we have spoken in the same way other nations have spoken about this tournament, the human rights challenges,” Southgate added. “We’ve been very clear on our standpoint on that.”

Qatar has been called out for human rights violations and its stance on gay people, where it remains illegal to be homosexual. As recently as this month, the Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman called homosexuality “damage in the mind,” the Associated Press reported.

“During the World Cup, many things will come here to the country. Let’s talk about gays,” Salman added in English, which is simultaneously dubbed into German in the TV segment. “The most important thing is, everybody will accept that they come here. But they will have to accept our rules.”

Germany’s interior minister Nancy Faeser, who’s in charge of sports, said that Qatar’s prime minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani gave her a “safety guarantee” for fans “no matter where they come from, whom they love and what they believe in.”

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