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Elon Musk buys 100% of Twitter

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:57 am
by schmittel
Always thought Elon Musk was a bit of a loon but maybe I was wrong. His latest wheeze looks interesting. He posted this on Twitter a couple of weeks ago:



And lo and behold he has now bought 10% of the company and has a seat on the board.

What's he up to? He is a self proclaimed defender of free speech, so of course the speculation is he is on a crusade to stop twitter being the self appointed arbiter of what is acceptable opinion.

If he pulls that off, good for him I say.

Re: Elon Musk buys 10% of Twitter

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:33 am
by Scotty
schmittel wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:57 am And lo and behold he has now bought 10% of the company and has a seat on the board.
He bought the shares on the 14th March, before the above tweets. I think his intention is to lessen the level of moderation on Twitter and allow more 'free speech' which will just turn it into an even bigger cauldron of hatred than it already is.

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