General Motors Temporarily Halts Paid Ads On Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover

The largest US automaker General Motors said it was engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership.

General Motors Co said late on Friday it had temporarily halted paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover of the social media company.

The largest U.S. automaker said it was "engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership. As is normal course of business with a significant change in a media platform, we have temporarily paused our paid advertising."

Musk is also chief executive of GM rival Tesla Inc.