Elon Musk is taking Twitter private in a deal estimated to be worth $44 billion.The Tesla CEO wants Twitter to change in a few controversial ways.Free speech and a public algorithm are two main priorities.Elon Musk isn’t after Twitter for any of the typical reasons you’d expect when someone is spending over $40 billion to buy a business. No, the richest man in the world wants to see change. “I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk wrote to Twitter when offering to purchase the public company on April 14. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”Naturally, Musk wants to be the man in charge of that transformation. “Twitter has extraordinary potential,” he wrote. “I will unlock it.” That’s hardly surprising, given that Musk is already at the helm of several other ventures, including Tesla, Spac… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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Elon Musk Is Acquiring Twitter for $44 Billion. Here Are 5 Ways He Wants to Change It
