It's day one of Elon Musk's official ownership and control of Twitter, which he purchased for $44 billion in an effort to restore free speech to the internet's public square.
"The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” Musk said about the purchase.
After entering Twitter headquarters for the first time Thursday afternoon, Musk met with a number of employees at the company and fired top executives.
the bird is freed
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
It’s happening
— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) October 28, 2022
Entire team of data engineers let go. These are two of them#TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/gNSl6qSCKU
JUST IN - Elon Musk took control and immediately fired Twitter's CEO, the CFO, and the head of legal policy, trust, and safety — WaPo
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 28, 2022
On Friday, Musk gave a preview of what's to come with the site and is reportedly planning to abolish the permanent banning of accounts.
Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.
SCOOP: People close to @elonmusk say he has a grand vision for @Twitter, toying w the idea of turning it into a US version of @WeChatApp with, as a person close to him put it, "lots of financial transaction features." He plans to take it public when mkts improve 345 @LizClaman
— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) October 28, 2022
