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March 25, 2022
Tesla’s Elon Musk tweeted in support of free speech and questioned Twitter’s “adherence” to it.
Musk asked his followers to vote “yes” or “no” in a poll that asked users whether the platform supported free speech. “Free speech is essential to a…
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March 27, 2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he is giving “serious thought” to creating a new social media platform to rival Twitter.
“Would you consider building a new social media platform, @elonmusk?” an account asked on Saturday. “One that would consist an open…
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April 10, 2022
In an op-ed published Friday in The Washington Post, former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao slammed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter and, to put it mildly, his support and vision for free speech. Put simply, she called for Democracy…
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April 17, 2022
The former CEO of Reddit said in an interview that Elon Musk had no idea what he was in for when he offered to buy Twitter.Yishan Wong said that Musk was “in for a world of pain” if he bought Twitter and that “he has no idea.”
Wong’s Twitter thread…
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April 17, 2022
Elon Musk said that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has too much power over the platform. Business Insider on Friday reported that Musk, the richest man in the world, was asked if his influence was a conflict of interest for his offer to buy Twitter for $…
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April 18, 2022
Elon Musk said in a tweet that Twitter’s board would not be paid if he bought it. “Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year saved right there,” he tweeted. The comments came after Musk said that Twitter would be nothing like…
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April 19, 2022
Sen. Ted Cruz said Elon Musk’s battle with Twitter is one of the most important battles for free speech in decades. Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion dollars.
In response, Twitter implemented a “poison pill” strategy in an effort to…
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April 24, 2022
Twitter is reportedly reconsidering Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the platform for $43 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
The Journal said the platform might be more receptive to a deal after Musk received $46.5 billion in…
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April 26, 2022
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was optimistic about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the platform. NewsBusters reported that after several days of back and forth negotiations, Twitter and Musk finally reached a deal.
A statement from Twitter's…
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April 27, 2022
Elon Musk had a lot to say about free speech since he purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week.
“Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate,” he tweeted…