james clayton reports. elon musk usually tweets cryptic messages, but there was nothing cryptic about his reaction to the news that twitter had accepted his offer. but people here in silicon valley are rubbing their eyes with disbelief. there world s richest man now the owner of one of the most influential social media platforms. twitter isn t the most used social media site in the world, but it is hugely influential. world leaders likejoe biden, narendra modi, emmanuel macron, and borisjohnson are all on it. when it comes to news generation, twitter has no comparison. but for years people, particularly on the right, have said twitter stifles free speech. yet twitter has been criticised, particularly from the right, that it s stifling free speech.
correspondent james clayton. elon musk usually tweets cryptic messages but there was nothing cryptic about his reaction to the news that twitter had accepted his offer. but people here in silicon valley are rubbing their eyes with disbelief. the world s richest man now the owner of one of the most influential social media platforms. twitter isn t the most used social media site in the world but it is hugely influential. world leaders likejoe biden, narendra modi, emmanuel macron, and borisjohnson are all on it. when it comes to news generation, twitter has no comparison. but for years, people, particularly on the right, have said that twitter stifles free speech. donald trump s sensational lifetime ban from the platform is held up as a seminal moment a sitting president s megaphone removed by big tech. elon musk says he wants to bring back free speech to the platform.
of the restrictions on what its 300 million users can post. here s our us technology correspondent james clayton. elon musk usually tweets cryptic messages but there was nothing cryptic about his reaction to the news that twitter had accepted his offer. but people here in silicon valley are rubbing their eyes with disbelief. the world s richest man now the owner of one of the most influential social media platforms. twitter isn t the most used social media site in the world but it is hugely influential. world leaders likejoe biden, narendra modi, emmanuel macron, and borisjohnson are all on it. when it comes to news generation, twitter has no comparison. but for years, people, particularly on the right, have said that twitter stifles free speech. donald trump s sensational lifetime ban from the platform is held up as a seminal moment a sitting president s megaphone