The pluses and minuses of Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout

Tesla CEO wants to rid the social media platform of spam bots and censorship

Elon Musk
Elon Musk wants Twitter users to be able to ‘speak freely within the bounds of the law’
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Billionaire Elon Musk is set to buy Twitter for $44bn (£35bn) in a milestone moment for the 16-year-old social media platform.

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