Musk has said that he wanted to own and privatise the social media giant because he believes it is not living up to its potential as a free speech platform.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly around 44 billion dollars, sparking massive interest among users of the micro-blogging site. Musk has said that he wanted to own and privatise the social media giant because he believes it is not living up to its potential as a free speech platform.
The Tesla CEO said in a joint statement with Twitter that he wants to make the service “better than ever” with new features while getting rid of automated “spam″ accounts and making its algorithms open to the public to increase trust.
“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,” the 50-year-old Musk said, adding hearts, stars and rocket emojis in a tweet that highlighted the statement.
🚀💫♥️ Yesss!!! ♥️💫🚀 pic.twitter.com/0T9HzUHuh6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)Following this news, Twitter exploded with various memes as users asked the Tesla CEO to now consider buying others, including Amazon, Indian National Congress, football club Manchester United and more.
Here's a look at some of the memes that have gone viral on Twitter:
Amazon added to cart😂 pic.twitter.com/Kh7MuZrylf
— 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗺𝗶 💯% FB (15k) (@sandeepgiri28)After ... pic.twitter.com/su0HP8qTe9
— Mahesh Vemuru (@MaheshV_BJP)Dear , now that you have completed , can you please put next on your potential ownership list. Plz.... Plz.... Plz....
— Ayush Gupta (@Ayush24x7)Hey any thoughts on buying ?? Please
— Dilip Sharma (@dilip_0235)Will Tesla CEO buy all the major companies of the world by 2030 including ? He grabbed for USD 44 billion with plans of ‘free speech’. This man is idol for all the youngsters of the world. | pic.twitter.com/H2pF3mNCzF
— 𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐊𝐈 𝐆🎊 (@fabulous_nikki4)Mark Zuckerberg after Elon Musk buying Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram ..... pic.twitter.com/dxs9yyEMF8
— Mbps/Secᵃᵈ🏹ᵖᵘʳᵘˢʰ (@_Retweet_Mee_)Now if would only buy Facebook and Google.
— Alana Stewart (@AlanaKStewart)Companies owned by Elon Musk
• Tesla
• SpaceX
• The Boring Company
• Neuralink
•Twitter
Next
•Facebook aka META
• Amazon
Hey can you buy next? They decided to sensor me saying you bought 😂 pic.twitter.com/zzTjkykfk5
— Eric Struk (@EricStruk)Hey , buy Nithyananda's Kailasa next, please. 🙏🙏🙏
Deport him to India, please!😏
buy next please. https://t.co/cnhEdC1Ldz
— Ryan d (@rdhookaran)Next up for is to buy a Formula 1 team!!
— Hussain Arsiwala (@hussain_rcwala)Alright Elon now it’s time to buy the whole United States 🇺🇸 and put freedom of speech back.
— Dr. JayAdame© (@AdameJaylan)Hi , can you buy a Chinese social media WeChat? Since you are going to respect freedom of speech
— Sam Chen (@samgottalent)ElonMusk u purchased twitter in $44 billion now its time to buy our aniexty & depression too at free of cost
— ANANT SHARMA (@UffYehLadka)Dear , please also buy . Should not cost more than $42B.
_______Every ITC investor
buys Twitter and says it would be private and support free speech. Now he should buy and make it free for all users.
— 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐮 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫 (ৰাজু বৰঠাকুৰ) (@rajubarthakur)Elon is the new king 💪❤
And will buy everything one by one 😂 pic.twitter.com/bo7rWKcJCt
Reports suggest the Musk-Twitter deal was cemented two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9 per cent stake in the platform. The Tesla CEO said last week that he had lined up 46.5 billion dollars in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company’s board to negotiate a deal.
Twitter said the transaction was unanimously approved by its board of directors and is expected to close in 2022, pending regulatory sign-off and the approval of shareholders.
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