Posted on 04/25/2022 12:48:49 PM PDT by Red Badger
Trading on shares of Twitter were halted in anticipation of an announcement from the social media giant. Soon after, it was announced that he had begun the process of buying all Twitter shares ahead of taking the company private.
BREAKING – Twitter has been sold to Elon Musk and will go private after agreeing to a deal worth $44 billion. pic.twitter.com/vEkGwXTDmt
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 25, 2022
In preparation for the announcement, Musk had Tweeted that he hopes his critics stay on the platform.
I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022
According to WND, the company is bracing for employees not being happy with the development:
Twitter employees, according to the Washington Post, have “expressed concern that their workplaces might suffer under the leadership of the incendiary tech mogul, as well as exhaustion over the company’s uncertain future.”
***Support The Liberty Daily and Mike Lindell -- use code TLD at MyPillow.com and get up to 66% off!*** Amid news of the takeover last Thursday, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal held a companywide meeting “to reassure his workforce of 7,500 full-time employees by arguing that one man could not change a culture and that it was up to the company to set strategy,” the Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The issue for Musk and for conservatives across the platform has been the Big Tech tyrant’s penchant for censoring content that goes against leftist mainstream narratives. Musk claims to be a free-speech-purist, contending that any perspectives that are not illegal should be allowed on the platform. That means allowing people like Donald Trump, Laura Loomer, and other “canceled” accounts to be unbanned.
If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. The left has been preemptively addressing the purchase by pushing for government intervention to censor “misinformation” on public platforms. They claim that the internet in general and social media in particular need to have government controls over them. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have spoken in favor of censorship since Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter on April 14.
Musk will have another issue to deal with if he wants Twitter to be a free speech platform. The apps for Twitter are still part of Google’s and Apple’s infrastructure. They will try to force Twitter to continue to censor by threatening to take down the popular mobile apps if Twitter doesn’t stay in line with the approved leftist narratives.
We will see how this new era of Twitter manifests. For most on the right, this seems to raise hope that the days of censorship on the platform are over. Can Elon Musk save Twitter from itself?
Score one for FREEDOM!!!!
If you bought 9% of a hamburger, would you have bought the hamburger?
Or would you maybe have bought a bite of the hamburger?
They’ll be needing lots of new employees. I hope lots of conservatives apply.
Musk’s first move should be to apologize and pay reparations to all of those impacted by Twitter’s historical social injustice.
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!........................
I like that. Add to cart!!!
“If you bought 9% of a hamburger, would you have bought the hamburger?
Or would you maybe have bought a bite of the hamburger?”
You lost me....please explain
My cat has an account @catsoftwitter. She just sent a tweet saying she was very happy that free speech is back and now she can say how much she hate hate hates mangy curs..
Some people found it amusing.
First thing he needs to do once he gets settled is replace the CEO with so meone who loves America.
I am sure many heads are exploding...
Sounds like Google and Apple have a monopoly on social media infrastructure and need to be broken up.
THIS TIME TOMORRW WE WILL BE TIRED OF ALL THE WHINING THAT WILL SURELY BE ALL OVER THE ABCNNBCBSNYTNPR AIRWAVES...............
You’re behind. He just bought 100%.
He can tell them to go to hell, he doesn’t need them...................
It’s awesome, and Musk is a true hero for doing this.
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