Following the selling of Twitter, Elon Musk said that free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.
Twitter had earlier confirmed on Monday that it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale which turned out to be a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private.
The entrepreneur billionaire who is worth $259 billion, also confirmed the deal in his announcement, “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,” He said.