Elon Musk Acquires Massive Stake in Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now Twitter’s largest shareholder.

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Earlier, the eccentric tech billionaire had criticized Twitter for not adhering to free speech.

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Elon had asked his followers whether Twitter adheres to free speech or not, 70% of the voters replied in negative.

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Many were expecting Elon Musk to launch his own social media platform after the poll’s result.

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As Musk’s stake in Twitter is classified as passive, it would be interesting to see how much he would participate in Twitter’s policy making.

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