Elon Musk, the world's richest person, bought Twitter for $44 billion. On April the 4th, he bought 9 per cent of Twitter. Its value went up by 27 per cent. Musk wanted the whole company. On April the 25th, the company agreed to sell. Musk is number seven on the list of Twitter's most-followed people, with 84 million followers.
Mr Musk wants more free speech on Twitter. He also wants to remove spam bots. These spread false information and conspiracy theories. Many people are asking if President Donald Trump can use Twitter again. He was banned in 2021. Human rights groups say a more open Twitter could mean more hate speech.
Try the same news story at these levels:
Twitter - Level 1, Twitter - Level 2 or Twitter - Level 3
Sources- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61225355
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/twitter-has-new-owner-heres-what-he-should-do
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/26/jack-dorsey-elon-musk-is-the-singular-solution-for-twitter.html
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