Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the richest person in the world. The deal is worth roughly $44 billion, a 38 percent premium compared to the stock price the day before Musk started investing in the company in early April. Musk has previously said that he wants to make Twitter a bastion for free speech, but it’s extremely unclear how that’ll play out given his own history of silencing critics. The future of Twitter now looks as uncertain as it ever has, as the future of the site is uncertain as well as whether Musk will have time to follow through on his big goals.Commentators are already pointing out that Musk’s rather vague plans may end up being self-defeating and against the First Amendment. . . .
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