Twitter is trending! On Friday, Elon Musk purchased a large stake in the company. He now owns 9% of their equity market value and posted his opinion on free speech rights for users according to Bloomberg News. The news caused Twitter’s share price to rise over 25% before trading began today at 8 am EST
The founder/CEO of Telsa had been one of many people’s highest-profile accounts since he polled his 80+million followers last week—and announced plans with them through 2020 by way of a survey–to see what they thought regarding transparency within
The Twitter stocks of Elon Musk were worth $2.89 billion on Friday, but now they may be more than twice that amount due to his investment in the company! His shares are passive-staked which means he doesn’t have any say-so about what happens with them; however, if someone else makes an offer for all or part then it could lead him out sooner rather than later as analysts predict buyouts will happen more often these days anyways because companies know there’s demand from investors who want their money back quickly
Musks asked Twitter to clarify its stance on free speech after he conducted an online poll which showed that many users were not aware of the platform’s policy. The CEO followed up by saying “the consequences will be important” if they do not comply with his views about how it should operate in practice rather than just theory
In addition, Musk called out other social media platforms like Facebook and Google while discussing the critically acclaimed British show “Black Mirror.”
In a world where people share everything from recipes to breaking news, we must remain committed to Free Speech ideals. But what does this mean for Twitter? The company has been criticized recently after CEO Jack Dorsey said his platform was not perfect and there were things he’d like changed about how users interact on their site–a sentiment shared by many other executives in Silicon Valley who feel democracy is too much work!
The reason I ask you all these questions now…is because tomorrow at 10 am Eastern Standard Time ( hiking recommendations, anyone?), someone will be interviewing Mr
Musk has always been an advocate for free speech, and he’s refused to back down from his stance even when it meant being harsh with Starlink. The company’s satellite network was told by some governments that they needed accessibility blocks because of their subscriptions intentions towards Russian news sources- which Musk firmly rejected since “we will not do so unless at gunpoint.”
Elon Musk’s tendency to share his thoughts on Twitter has gotten the CEO into hot water time and again. In 2018, he announced that if Tesla reached $420 per share then they would take the company private – but it turns out this was just talked without any real intent behind them! After SEC officials discovered what happened (notably due in part because of all those pesky lawyers), Elon quickly realized how much trouble he could be facing so promptly backed down from tweeted claims about being ready financially sound enough for such an endeavor; though many suspects
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