What else could Musk want with Twitter? 🤔
Musk's tweets have landed him in hot water in the past
Musk's views on Twitter's free speech failing likely come from the social media platform's efforts to quell hate speech and misinformation in recent months and years. Last month, Musk he is a"free speech absolutist", claiming he would not block Russian news sources using SpaceX's Starlink satellites"unless at gunpoint."The SpaceX founder has more than 80 million followers on Twitter and he is an avid user of the social media platform — so much so have gotten him in trouble with the SEC, on more than one occasion.
Unsurprisingly, news of Musk's acquisition sent Twitter shares soaring roughly 25 percent in pre-market trading. Musk's stake is worth $2.89 billion based on Twitter's closing price on Friday. Twitter's executives may now be at the mercy of a man whose memes have caused his
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