Elon Musk has completed a long-discussed $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, making him the owner of the social media behemoth.
the bird is freed
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
Musk, the world’s richest man, closed the deal and began to reshape the platform that he’s criticized for months over allegations of not being politically neutral by firing several executives, The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN reported, citing unnamed sources.
Those fired Thursday include chief executive Parag Agrawal and chief financial officer Ned Segal, among others, according to the reports.
The completion of the deal comes a day after Musk dramatically entered Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco on Wednesday with a sink in his arms. A video of his entrance was posted to his Twitter account, which is followed by more than 120 million people. The caption read “Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in!”
Speculation — and concerns — over whether Musk would buy Twitter began when he became its largest stakeholder in April. Soon after, he offered to buy the platform in order to “unlock” its “extraordinary potential.”
The self-proclaimed free speech absolutist has attracted worry from critics over his hands-off approach to censorship and proclamations that he would reverse Twitter’s permanent ban on former President Donald Trump.
Trump, a former frequent user of the platform, was booted from Twitter two days following the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the social media company said.
Meanwhile, predominantly right-leaning politicians and pundits have viewed the deal as a guard to free speech as they view the banning of Trump and others from the platform as well as its efforts to verify content of some posts as an attack on their first amendment rights.
In an effort to assuage worries, Musk earlier Thursday issued an open letter to Twitter advertisers explaining he will prevent the platform from becoming a “free-for-all hellscape.”
“The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” he said. “There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right-wing and far left-wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.”
After the acquisition was announced, Stop the Deal, a coalition of nonprofit advocacy groups, including GLAAD and Media Matters for America, warned the deal will make Twitter “an even more hate-filled cesspool.”
“Musk’s plans will leave the platform more vulnerable to security threats, rampant disinformation and extremism just head of the midterm elections,” the coalition said in a statement.
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Musk just may go down as the American savior of free speech and honest election debates where the truth is allowed to overcome the media proffered deceptions that always favor the Democrats to the detriment of cogent American leadership, success, workable solutions and keeping America Great. Do not underestimate the magnitude of this Musk multi-billion dollar sacrifice, and investment that will help grow and secure our American future. Conservative debaters can now compete with both fists flying, instead of one hand socially tied behind their back. Political correctness will be again defined as what works, not what indoctrinates the now formerly closed minds and arguments about to be reopened.
“The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” he said. “There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right-wing and far left-wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.”
BINGO!
Democrats – their truth is just a matter of their opinions.
To the Democrats and their disciples, Gender, Truth, Facts, Reality and History are all irrelevant, if the Democrats do not WANT to believe them or they disagree with them. Democrats will just make up their own, Gender, Truth, Facts, Reality and History to fit what they WANT to believe or fits into the Con or Deception that they are running at the time.
“Are you going to believe me, the corrupt, demented, puppet president Joe Biden or your lying eyes?”
Democrats warned the deal will make Twitter “an even more hate-filled cesspool.”
Hate-filled Democrats will not tolerate and will attack and attempt to destroy anyone and anything not agreeing with or promoting their dishonorable, dishonest, immoral, destructive agendas.
ALL of that division is being FOSTERED BY THE LEFITSTS.
I joined Twitter when it was new and for quite awhile it was primarily conservative. It was interesting to follow it and get the latest news from it but it changed. I may still have an account there unless it’s been deleted but I haven’t used it for years. Maybe I’ll go back to it if Musk actually does manage to establish free speech.
Never joined. Doubt i ever will.
I will give him time to rid the place of let’s say evil JuJu, and lying fact checkers. Then I will gladly join Twitter.
Never seen a need to join Anti-social media. OF any sort. Myface, twitter, farcebook.. None of them.