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Elon Musk's comments about Twitter don't square with the social media platform's reality

  • Written by Jessica Maddox, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama
imageElon Musk has called Twitter the world's "digital town square."AP Photo/John Raoux

On April 25, 2022, Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s US$44 billion hostile takeover bid. Twitter’s statement announcing the deal included comments from the Tesla and SpaceX CEO:

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