After months of negotiations, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion. Here's what's next for the social media platform.
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For most market watchers or even casual observers of headlines over the last several years, the last 24 hours have been big: Elon Musk, the celebrated space entrepreneur, prolific and provocative Tweeter and the world's richest man, has finally closed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter.
Elon Musk – who is also Tesla's CEO – confirmed the deal in less than 280 characters. He now holds one of the world's most powerful megaphones.
Here's what you – and Musk's 110 million followers – need to know about his acquisition of the social media platform and his ownership of what he calls a "digital town square."
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The TROL
There is no hatespeech!
I’m melllllting.
I’m glad I have never downloaded Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, tictoc, Facebook, WhatsApp etc…
Musk could set example for politicians. His first and most important task is to “Cut Spending”. Would love to see DC do that.
The first thing he should do is ban anonymous accounts free speech is a must but don’t hide behind a fake name! This will go a long way to curb hate when you have to own what you say!