It’s official: Elon Musk will buy Twitter.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO and world’s richest man and Twitter firm unveiled the deal on Monday.
Twitter accepted a deal that values it at about $44 billion.
Many are hoping Elon will save Twitter from being a platform quickly losing trust due to its political leanings and censorship of free speech. after the deal, Elon said,
I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022
“I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”
And the free thinking and speaking people loved it!
An African American owner of the largest social media company on earth. This is historic.
— Lavern Spicer🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) April 25, 2022
#ElonMusk #ElonMuskBuyTwitter #Twitter pic.twitter.com/LFLmpPZB1B
— Dr. Perry Brimah MD., MS. Author, Right Advocate (@DrPerryBrimah) April 25, 2022
Misinformation is fought with information and education, not with censorship.
— 86th Street (@NYCoruna) April 25, 2022
And the fun continued
“If Elon Musk buys Twitter I’m deleting the app” is the new “If Trump wins I’m moving to Canada”
— JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) April 25, 2022
Governors too celebrated
.@elonmusk’s offer to buy Twitter is a good deal for shareholders and raises the prospect that the platform will be a place where free speech can thrive, not a tool for narrative enforcement.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 25, 2022
Live shot of Twitter HQ at this very moment pic.twitter.com/XceYVa0VLl
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2022