Elon Musk Buys Twitter at USD44 Billion

Elon Musk has bought social media app Twitter for 44 billion US dollars. He will soon own

Elon Musk will soon hold the keys to Twitter.

Twitter announced on Monday that it has accepted the Tesla CEO’s $44 billion offer to take the company private.

That means the world’s richest person who has a penchant for theatrics and erratic behavior is about to have the power to reshape discourse on a social network used by more than 200 million people every day.

How might Musk wield that power?

Here are some proposals for Twitter that he’s floated.

Loosen up content rules in the name of free speech

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO describes himself as a “free speech absolutist” and has criticized what he sees as excessive moderation on online platforms.

He nodded to these beliefs in his statement announcing the purchase by saying that “free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”

Musk has argued that social networks should not remove comments that, while offensive, are still legal. During a recent interview at a TED conference he said, “If it’s a gray area, let the tweet exist.”