The takeover of the bluebird network by the owner of Tesla and Space X was fought hard.
Washington
It all starts in earnest on January 31, 2022. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, decides to quietly accumulate bundles of Twitter shares. We’ve known for years that he loves tweets. His addiction to the platform dates back to June 2010. He finds there an irresistible outlet to empty his bag, play politically incorrect puns, denounce the woke culture that dominates San Francisco, where the company’s headquarters are located. In 2017, a tweeter asked him if he wants to buy Twitter . His answer: “How much does it cost?».
In March 2022, Elon Musk publicly attacked the way Twitter was run. He asks if the social network really adheres to the principle of free speech, “essential to the functioning of democracy”. An implicit reference to the tweeter ban that has hit Donald Trump since January 8. As a good libertarian, Elon Musk abhors the “cancel culture”, this dogma which imposes the elimination of points of view which are not in conformity with…
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