A long back and forth about the purchase of Twitter has now come to a conclusion: Elon Musk has actually bought the short message service. This has not yet been officially announced, but Elon Musk published a brief tweet about it:
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“The bird is freed”
The Tesla CEO had repeatedly announced that he would free the short message service from what he considered to be excessive restrictions on freedom of expression. He probably wants to emphasize this with his current tweet.
Musk's tweets are often a bit cryptic. He recently entered Twitter headquarters with a sink in his hands, the text accompanying his appearance: "Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!"
Also the name in his profile He changed it to "Chief Twit" probably represents his new position as "Twitter Boss" or "Chief Twitterer". Is he aware that means "idiot" or "idiot" in British English We assume: yes. And we further suspect that he thinks it's a funny play on words, like his sink tweet.
Musk reportedly wants to take on the role of Twitter CEO himself, at least for the time being. Apparently he has already begun the first layoffs at the executive level, including former CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal, report Bloomberg and CNBC .
Under his leadership, lifetime bans from the platform will also be reversed, report Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal . Former US President Donald Trump may also be affected by this.
Return of Trump to Twitter?
Twitter banned Trump days after the 2021 Capitol insurrection, saying there was a “risk of further incitement to violence.” Although Trump announced that he would not return to Twitter, he could still take advantage of this opportunity as he is widely expected to run for the White House again in 2024. In order to spread his messages to the people, Twitter might be a welcome multiplier.
More broadly, Musk's initiatives threaten to undo Twitter's years-long efforts to reduce bullying and abuse on the platform, Bloomberg .
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