MADRID, Spain.- The South African American businessman Elon Musk closed this Thursday the purchase of the social network Twitter.
“The bird is freed” (“The bird —Twitter logo— has been released”), said the billionaire, also owner of Tesla and SpaceX.
the bird is freed
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
After the purchase, for a value of 44,000 million dollars, Musk fired some of the main managers of Twitter: the CEO, Parag Agrawal; chief financial officer Ned Segal; the firm’s lead attorney, Sean Edgett; and Chief Legal and Policy Officer Vijaya Gadde.
Previously Musk had manifested: “It is important for the future of civilization to have a public space online in which a wide variety of opinions can debate in a healthy way, without resorting to violence”.
Musk had until October 28 to close the purchase of the social network, otherwise a trial would have been held in November.
The purchase of Twitter by the richest man in the world began to be managed last April, after he became the majority shareholder of the company.
Dear Twitter Advertisers pic.twitter.com/GMwHmInPAS
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022
Last September, Elon Musk responded affirmatively on Twitter when asked if he could help Cuba. to access the internet freely.
“Could you do the same with other countries under a dictatorship like Cuba, for example? You will save so many lives,” commented Agustín Antonetti, a human rights activist, to which Musk responded with “OK.”
This week Twitter limited the reach of official Cuban media labeled by the social network as “affiliated with the Government” of Cuba. Among these means are Cubadebate, Radio Rebelde, Radio Habana Cuba, Granma, Workers, Rebel Youth Y Caribbean Channel.
Just as he suspended the account of the television program with Filo, and they were canceled the profile of the program Squaring the Box and the Cuba Joven project.
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