Elon Musk Buys Twitter: Elon Musk, a billionaire, has taken ownership of Twitter in one of the largest tech deals in history. Musk will pay around $44 billion for the social network, with shares valued at $54.20. On April 14, Musk revealed his takeover attempt, calling it his 'best and final offer.'
something he is keen to do. he has also said he wants to make the algorithms more transparent so people can really understand how twitter works. there is also the financial aspect of this. at the moment twitter is ad based and he said he wants to bring it into subscription model. so there are a few things we might see. elon musk is a huge fan of crypto currencies so will we see twitter now become a place where bitcoin is promoted? we will have to wait and see. and place where bitcoin is promoted? we will have to wait and see. will have to wait and see. and what would an edit will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button do? will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button do? it - will have to wait and see. and what would an edit button do? it means| would an edit button do? it means ou can would an edit button do? it means you can go would an edit button do? it means you can go back would an edit bu
transparent. he wants to authenticate humans and get rid of bots. these are ambitious goals for a company that could change a lot if the deal goes through. elon musk has been one of the biggest critics of twitter for a long time. we expect to see him continue to weigh in on what comes next. he got a critical endorsement overnight. jack dorsi, the co-founder of twitter and ex-ceo saying he believes elon is the singular solution to twitter moving forward. to have that buy-in from the co-founder means a lot for company employees internally and those who are diehard twitter fans. aside from the edit button that he flagged in the past and possibilities of a subscription-based service, what really lis at the heart of this is the way he defines free speech. it could result in more violence
positions on some user features, for example the edit button, the much fabled edit button that is going to come to twitter, he says that s going to happen. now that could be positive or negative, we don t know what that looks like in practice but he has also said a lot of things about free free speech and that s great and free speech is the fundamental principle of this country and moderation is different than free speech and moderation is hard, it is extremely hard, it s an art, not a science, it is an unwinnable game and he got the worst job in the world, he is now the king of content moderation on the world s fastest-moving news platform, if he thought this was going to be fun, this is just going to be a world full of hurt. i feel like one of things that we ve seen, when other people have not taken over big media companies, but started their own niche media companies, on this issue of free speech and not doing content moderation, and it being a wide open, wild west, and that s the
football clubs, airlines, why not buy a social network? also, elon musk loves twitter. if you follow him he is prolific. he is tweeting about space x and tesla, his companies. he is a believer in free speech. so the other school of thought is if he wants to promote free speech, that is fraught with difficulty. at the weekend the europeans got together and passed the digital services act. they say they will come out are some big tech companies if they allow hate speech on their platform. in the uk we have the online safety bill going through. so twitter could face fines if it opens up free speech and allows hate and racism and those things to be said. so allows hate and racism and those things to be said. things to be said. so in your view of what might things to be said. so in your view of what might the things to be said. so in your view of what might the platform - things to be said. so in your view of what might the platform lookl things to be said. so in your view. of what mig