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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at One 20240604 12:19:00

One of the most prolific tweeters is, of course, elon musk himself. he took to twitter to announce the multi billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter s potential. if musk s idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures who ve been banned, like donald trump, get reinstated. having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. current ceo, parag agrawal, reportedly told twitter employees that he did not know which direction the platform would go in once the tesla and spacex boss is at the helm. he also said that no staff would be losing theirjobs right now. if you look at investors, they view it as like, ok, musk has had massive success with tesla, spacex, and of course, paypal. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 14:20:00

He took to twitter to announce the multi billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter s potential. if his idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures who have been banned like donald trump get reinstated. having a public platform which is massively trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. the current ceo reportedly told twitter employees he did not know which direction the platform would go in once the tesla and spacex boss is at the helm. he also said no staff would be losing theirjobs right now. if you look at investors, they view it as musk has had massive success with tesla and spacex and paypal and could he have the same success. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 16:17:00

The claims. the board of twitter has accepted a takeover offer from the world s richest man, elon musk. he ll pay around £34 billion for control of the social media network and plans to relax some of the restrictions on what its 300 million users can post. our technology reporter, shiona mccallum, has more. those 300 million users include everyone from pop stars, and world leaders and twitter was one of the first platforms and world leaders, and twitter was one of the first platforms to give them the power to connect to you and i instantly. one of the most prolific tweeters is of course elon musk himself. he took to twitter to announce the multi billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter s potential. if his idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 13:26:00

Was one of the first platforms to give them the power to connect to you and i instantly. one of the most prolific tweeters is of course elon musk himself. he took to twitter to announce the multi billion dollar takeover, saying free speech is the bedrock of democracy and he looks forward to unlocking twitter s potential. if his idea of free speech is to prevail, it would likely mean less moderation. it could mean controversial figures who have been banned like donald trump get reinstated. having a public platform which is massively trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilisation. the urrent ceo reportedly told twitter employees he did not know which direction the platform would go in once the tesla and spacex boss is at the helm. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 02:11:00

Unlocking twitter s potential, i asked him unlocking twitter s potential, iasked him how unlocking twitter s potential, i asked him how he interpreted this. i think what elon musk means may be somewhat different to what may be other people may think. as you say, twitter is a substantial social network but it has not been particularly profitable in the past and it has struggled to kinda find a mainstream audience filed a couple scott beyond the 200 people who perform hundred thousand people who use it so you can expand the scope and size and appeal of the platform in ways that he wants to do that are i think at odds with possibly the shareholders, majority of the users and regulators as well i would imagine 200 million. we regulators as well i would imagine 200 million. we know about what imagine 200 million. we know about what he imagine 200 million. we know about what he might imagine 200 million. we know about what he might want - imagine 200 million. we know abo ....

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