Twitter Inc. on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, giving the world’s richest man control over the influential social-media network where he is also among its most powerful users.
The $44 billion deal marks the close of a dramatic courtship and a sharp change of heart at Twitter, where many executives and board members initially opposed Mr. Musk’s takeover approach. The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.
I'm happy to just waste this white supremacist dbag's money. Lol. Like I give a crap about this twitter account. Lol. I'll move on to the platform that doesn't support Nazis.
If he plays fck around and find out he will have a very costly MySpace
Good 👍
Later - Reddit is fun too and not owned by a Nazi racist
I've pretty much stopped using Facebook, so quitting Twitter will free up a solid 30 minutes a day. We'll see how it goes, but sketchy tweets from Musk doesn't give me much hope.
Twitter to be Privatized can easily be improved into a New Social Media Platform better than Facebook or Apple.
This whole elonmusk - Twitter situation is like wanting someone to marry you who doesn't really like you enough to do it, but does it anyway just to satisfy you. This results in an unhappy relationship.
I don’t think Twitter will turn into the “free speech” heaven you qrumps think it will. St. Elon is not your daddy. He likes to make money and probably not have to have tons of lawsuits bothering him constantly. If he wants to demonetize it he’s certainly free to do so.
I Bet he's excited right...😂🤭. 🤣🤣😂😊😁
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Twitter is presently complicit in enabling a potential nuclear war. $44Bn, is now a good investment in helping prevent it.
Woooooooooooo!!!!
Welp that’s the end of twitter.
This is a mistake
love it
What a fun filled day! Love me some Elon win!!! Maybe you should complain about Bloomberg and the Washington Post being owned by by billionaires as well.
drawthistweet
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Yes. That’s great news.
except republicans can't be trusted and betray.
Many complaining about ElonMusk buying Twitter probably never looked into any of their largest shareholders beforehand and never complained about potential harms from Saudi ownership.
JacquelineJax The man from the tesla chips . Uhhh wath can we get now a chip in our brain ..totale controlle .system . 🤔🤔🤔 lunatic's on the power of internet .
I want to reiterate, once again, to elonmusk — and all others — MediumDaddy, Inc., DLive and DListMedia are not for sale. Not for $44 million a piece or combined. We will fight — and defeat — every attempt take over attempt.
🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Scary, I don’t expect anything good to come from this.
Thank God there is now a voice of reason at the helm of twitter. This is a watershed moment that stems the decline of freedom of speech and returns our country back to the direction that our founding fathers envisioned. They put all they had on the line to protect our freedoms.
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Best thing to ever happen in social media history.
Bad for the whole world One person should not have this much control Who is his boss Nobody So he can do what he wants he could start charging people. You computer NERDS get working to develop an other Form of Twitter only make it better. Go nerds
Thank you Elon Musk you’re the future and brilliant and will be so excited to have all the people that were booted off by Dorsey back on and be able to communicate in a healthy manner. You are awesome don’t listen to critics because they’re petrified because they’re the evil ones
In reality he is poor propped up by illusionary funds so homeless street beggers given one dollar have more than thieves with everything hilarious they believe to get away with murder and only as Scripture says allowed to build up wrath for themselves makes me laugh
Biggest dick move by Elon. He’ll have to sell a massive chunk of his Tesla holding. Tesla price hammered today and will take a further hit as he attempts to shift yet more shares to pay for it. There is no point to this buyout.
JoeyKDublin ElonMuskBuyManUtd save the club, be the man to take us back to the top
dangerous
Congratulation 🎉🥳 to elonmusk for buying Twitter 🐦 We will be going to see the free speech and new advances in Twitter,also the edit button will appear soon🤞 😉🤩 TwitterTakeover twittersold TwitterCEO ElonMuskBuysTwitter ElonMuskBuyTwitter ElonMusk ElonMuskTwitter
You said yourself people, it's a private company, they can do whatever they want, why are you so scared? It's not like like big social media's can control narratives, lol! It's just free speech, let users have a voice
When the people in East Germany saw on satellite TV what the rest of the world was doing they tore down the wall. They wanted what everyone else had. Elon has not gained control of Twitter. He is going to end the control of Twitter. He's going to set it free.
Remember Tesla is a brand. And when a brand becomes affiliated with empowering despots like Trump and the Insurrection—while pretending to defend free speech—there are consequences. Welcome to capitalism.
His children, r2d2 and C3PO will be proud to have him for a 83HSIEID$8.
This is a wonderful opportunity for Elon Musk to set the standards high on free speech and to implement that free speech does not mean slander or misrepresentation of someone else's character.
And there has to be standard control of right and wrong, and not just open-firing on people.
I wonder if he understands what 'free speech' means? Could be a dangerous social 'weapon' spewing out of moronic mouths.
I'm sorry I can't afford $6B to help with world hunger. I can only afford $44B to buy this website. - Elon
By the way, I had a happy returned to this platform today! \\0/
Lol where before it was the worlds most liberal man
Damn I was hoping they would refuse his offer.
capitalism is disgusting.
His 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.
Liberals: Oh no! Our perfectly curated ideological echo chamber is at risk of becoming (dare we say it)… neutral. Whatever will we do!!! Meltdown ensues.
Time to find an alternative leavetwitter.
good now I can freely speak about COVID19
I love how you worded that to be passive aggressive. Your days of spreading lies on social media unopposed are done.
elonmusk has bought twitter. He's a 'free speech absolutist'. However, the 'progressive and (in)tolerant left' have concluded that free speech is hate speech. Really? Genius, sorry, idiots. ElonMuskBuyTwitter ElonMuskTwitter ElonMuskBuysTwitter
It is terrifying that one person has a monopoly on global communication.
3 Cheers for Mr. Musk!
Let Freedom Ring Baby ..God Bless Elon I'm now buying Tesla Stock
There goes the neighborhood. A right wing tool now controls Earth's most influential platform. Having (with the support of the Left Coast) made the most positively impactful move AGAINST Big Oil with Tesla, Musk has proven to be a CANCEROUS THREAT to America.
Why is this a surprise? You’ve made money your god. So, it only naturally follows…
I just want Musk to respect the data privacy towards everyone who is currently using Twitter. twittersold
Twitter won't be influential when millions of users quit.
Old World: social platform owned by 1 billionaire. New World: social platform owned by billions of people. Reclaim your value WeAre8Official ThePeoplesPlatform
LMAO who owns the wall street journal? 😇
Where's the $6 Billion promised to the UN to end world hunger?
Yes, let freedom ring.
Very good
Finally, now he will remove tge opinion inverters.....erm..... I mean fact checkers.
Wow
The changes hes about to make... smh he might as well buy ig next cause everyone gonna leave Twitter if he fucks up what we have here!
Let Freedom Ring...
My old account is gone but today I started a new one since we will now have freedom of speech for everyone not just a one sided version . This is a great thing for America 😎🇺🇸
Elon Musk chahe twitter khareede ya FB, tumhari shopping ke paise toh MemeChat se hi aayenge'
Love Elon
Will Jack continue to be there
Freeeeeedom!
wow
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Free at last!
I hope he requires all users to provide proof of boosters and to only eat fake meat. 😂
eattherich
Eek.
Best news of the century
A Multi Billionaire Owning one of the biggest Social Media companies. This can't end well.
“We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.” Elon Musk said it because he wants the Bolivia’s lithium, now everything will be very easy to him influenced South America countries elections.
When is Donald Trump returning to Twitter TwitterIndia Twitter
Thanks
Congratulations sir
Donald Trump the silent partner? 🤑Elon Musk
Hopefully it will destroy all SJW garbage
Please ensure the fairness of the Twitter platform. Don't let Twitter become a platform for right-wing groups to incite and deceive the ignorant masses. Also, watch out for Nazi Putin's use of Twitter to influence American politics.
We are screeching ever faster towards neofeudalism with billionaires at the reigns
. A corporate welfare company buys out another corporate welfare company, with borrowed money still owned on the bond market. When the debt bubble pops the only thing tangible will be real estate. Socialismfortherich
What a coup? Just hope Musk makes Twitter unbiased, stops Twitter from pushing liberal narrative over other views. Twitter should be a place for all. Bad entities & actors from all sides must be equally dealt with.
Freedom Prevailed Over Fake News !
Woooo oooh it's a good day for free speech and a very bad day for the SJW Woke Nut Jobs on Twitter 😂
I wonder what make, model of handgun Elon used? Odd thing to wonder about, no doubt...just me and my obsession with 'everything firearms'! ⬇️
Yessss! Freedom of speech will be returned with the lefties no longer in charge!
Yeah boi, Elon Musk bouta make Twitter be able to make ateitter so much better by having the app clean my house, and cook me a steak, wash the dishes and laundry, and the app also now gives blowjobs.😎 ChadElon
Musk might be the worlds richest person but his wealth is more fragile than his peers.
My first thought was that Musk was planning to do a Trump and use Twitter to run for President. But I think he will have birth cert issues.
Ffs 🙄 bye bye twitter.
By the way Who owns WSJ !?
But why to sell the Twitter?
Well there goes Twitter. Musk's good friend Trump will be back on soon and it's all going down the hole. Time to close my account. Yuck, what taint.
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You all ready to give up your anonymity?
BribedSpeechIsNotFreeSpeech
Booooo
Now suddenly everyone is mad that a billionaire has control who likes free speech. It's fine when it's other rich people who are on the left, of course...
Watching the leftist tears fall is enjoyable
Hi
Who owns CNN- I think the news in SNL is more unbiased and factual!!
Let's ask Google to start new platform. All these decent Americans and companies are up for grabs, lots of money to be made. Let the new 8chan (a.k.a. twitter) have their space.
Yes!! Now i can FINALLY ASK POTUS & VP why noone else has been charged with GhislaineMaxwell !! I mean you can’t convict her of child trafficking to noone - right?
Fantastic news!
Wow, Eli did it again! Amazing.
You mean we can debate again… public discourse… what a concept! elonmusk
Hahaha suck balls,
Better than Facebook and it's bullshit
ohhh boyyyyy....
Dark Fuckerborg is NOT happy!
Why’d it cost so much?
LETS GOOOOO
Lucky For just for not just the United States but the entire world
Elon giving full free speech? I'll believe it when I see it. The first person that tells him or any of his cronies to 'fuck off' will probably get perma-banned. Also, he already has everything he ever wanted, did he really NEED to buy Twitter? There wasn't a charity he liked?
Elon Musk making Twitter China-friendly, so China drops its ban on Twitter, is the story U.S. news media is most reluctant to discuss right now. Musk can get massive returns on his investment if China opens up. 'De-Woking' Twitter makes it more friendly to authoritarian govts.
He’s not the worlds richest man😑
Anybody consider we've got the wrong end of the stick with this one? It's not like Tesla and Space X are in the puppy killing business. Maybe Elon's objective is to broaden free speech everywhere Twitter is used, not simply to let the trumpanzees lie with impunity.
What about the owner of your paper and his hatred of workers rights?
People are leaving Twitter because Elon owns it… Two weeks ago they had no idea who was CEO… “We’re so WOKE…”😂
ALL BIRDS ARE FREE TO TWEET
Gross
Time to trash the phony fact checkers and keep real ones!
Maybe he is the one who saves this country.
Thank God for elonmusk
Yesssssss👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“In cash” it’s disturbing.
Sad, sad sad sad day in America.
Hell yeah 💪🏽🦿
Just like Bazo ( Washington Post), AT&T (ClintonNN), Disney (ABC) and MSNBC (started by Bill Gates Microsoft )
So now people can say someone is a dirtbag...time for political correctness to be replaced with respect.
Money talks, I would love to be at headquarters on the first day he walks in. elonmusk hint hint
He gonna pretend Twitter was his idea aswell?
Laughing at these liberals. They are terrified conservatives will no longer be censored on Twitter. If they didn’t believe Twitter censored conservatives then why would they be this upset. What did liberals tell conservatives….”just build your own platform”.
I, Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, am pleased by news of this.
I hope ElonMusk keeps his promise to allow free speech as the Founding Fathers intended. Censorship is not democratic
Great! Score one for the good guys
Money rules the world! KKK,MAGA,PROUD WHATEVER,Authoritarian hitler wannabes can rejoice…new beginning for them.Y’all think its bad now? More mass shootings,tiki torch marches to come-they can now plan their moves with the cloak of free speech.America,oh America! I hurt for you!
Sometimes saying no to one thing - Board membership with a 14.9% ownership cap.. Is saying yes, to something else. This is one for the business annals. Whether you agree with elonmusk or not, watching this unfold has been astounding..
The fact that this upsets the so called Liberals of the world and that they oppose Free Speech and believe if it doesn’t fit their narrative it should be eliminated should tell you everything you need to know!!
Thank god
a lot of people in the replies need to watch this video :P
Seemed inevitable, yet still shocking to read.
Finally a sword across the chest of Wokies, commies and all others that believe ONLY they know anything about the future of our beautiful Country. America thanks Elon and all others that know how important our Freedoms are!
What changes can we expect will it be censored will we have carte blanche?
F U C K
GOOD BYE TWITTER
I've lost faith in humanity.
Peace ✌️ I don’t see much good in that, similar to FB, let the chaos begin. ✅ ya later, I’m out!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And so I joined today!! About time!!
I’m surprised at this headline. You are the WSJ! Elon has not acquired Twitter quite yet. I wrote a short thread about what has happened and what needs to happen before he acquires it:
Finally, Twitter’s BoD acting like a for profit company in the best interest of the shareholders
All Progressives 🤣🤣🤣 all in control of information… none care about factual actual TRUTH
Good. No more shadow banning and liberal bias
So happy!
Who owns the WSJ 🤔
Thank God. A win for free speech in America. I literally made a Twitter account just because the ownership changed.
How about my NFTs?
AndyAuGustin once asked how Twitter would be profitable…we’re about to find out 🥲
Great but we need to hold to his word, free speech for all! Doesn't matter which side of the aisle you are on. Minimum rules, no hate speech and inciting violence! Twitter and other social media facilitators are not capable of determining 'misinformation'. At least so far!
That's how oligarchs work. The US is pretty close to becoming a copy of Russia
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