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Elon Musk's 'free speech' push for Twitter: Is history repeating itself?

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is spending USD 44 billion to acquire Twitter. There's just one problem: The social platform has been down this road before, and it didn't end well.

Don't know where we are headed: Twitter CEO Parag tells anxious employees

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has told worried employees that he doesn't know what direction this company will go in once the whopping $44 billion deal closes with new owner billionaire Elon Musk

Explainer: What's next now that Twitter agreed to Elon Musk's bid?

Twitter's acceptance of Elon Musk's roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.

Elon Musk's plans for Twitter may cause more algorithmic harms than before

Musk's description of a platform free from content moderation issues is troubling in light of the algorithmic harms caused by social media platforms.

No board to watch over Musk when he takes Twitter private. Does it matter?

Musk, who on April 25, 2022, sealed a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, criticised board members for owning almost no shares of the company they oversee.

Jeff Bezos takes aim at Musk's $44 bn Twitter deal with China jibe

Bezos drew attention to Tesla's close ties with China, the world's biggest electric vehicle market and home to the company's first overseas factory

Elon Musk is the 'singular solution I trust' for Twitter, says Dorsey

Dorsey, who took the company public in 2013, said Twitter has been "owned" by Wall Street and that taking it private was the "correct" first step.

What lies ahead for CEO Parag Agrawal with Elon Musk as Twitter boss

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion, its Indian-origin CEO Parag Agrawal said on Tuesday that the micro-blogging platform has a purpose and relevance that impacts the world.

Top headlines: Musk to buy Twitter, LIC board to meet today to fix IPO date

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Donald Trump says he has no plans to rejoin Twitter after Musk's deal

Trump told Fox News that he will instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which has been mired in problems since its launch earlier this year

Twitter set to accept Elon Musk's $43 bn 'best and final' offer

Twitter may announce the $43 billion deal later on Monday once its board has met to recommend the transaction.

Elon Musk clinches deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion

Twitter's shares were up about 6% following the news

Twitter deal to elevate Elon Musk to new media mogul status

Elon Musk has made it clear that his primary goal in buying Twitter is to support unfettered expression and reduce user bans or takedowns of individual tweets

Top headlines: Twitter 'to accept' Musk offer, CII predicts GDP growth

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Under shareholder pressure, Twitter begins deal talks with Elon Musk

The company's decision to engage with Musk, taken earlier on Sunday, does not mean that it will accept his $54.20 per share bid, the sources said

As Tesla CEO Musk bids for Twitter, his fight to tweet freely hits a snag

As Musk ramps up his battle to buy Twitter, the lingering ramifications of his prior use of the social media platform may come back to haunt him

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google. "Ads shouldn't detract from important conversations about the climate crisis, the company said in a statement outlining its new policy Friday. There was no indication that the change would affect what users post on the social media site, which along with Facebook has been targeted by groups seeking to promote misleading claims about climate change. The announcement coinciding with Earth Day came hours before the European Union agreed a deal requiring big tech companies to vet their sites more closely for hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content. Twitter said it would provide more information in the coming months on how it plans to provide reliable, authoritative context to the climate conversations its users engage in, including from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The UN-backed science panel's ..

After years of silencing critics, Musk wants free speech on Twitter

Musk's tweets, public remarks and policies at the businesses he runs, shows little tolerance for speech that's unflattering to him or his companies, or reflects employee criticism of the workplace

Musk tears up buyout playbook with $46.5 bn Twitter financing

This will have an impact on Musk's returns, since debt secured against an acquired company can greatly amplify profits

At 33.2 cr users, Snapchat growing faster than Facebook, Twitter

Social media platform Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter and in its latest quarterly report, the platform said it grew its daily active users (DAUs) 18 per cent to 332 crores.