Musk’s Challenge Is Living Up To The Promise
Innovator Says That, Unlike Traditional Media, Twitter Won't Cater To Polarizing Extremes
Elon Musk meets with Twitter staff ahead of the purchase. Photo: Walter Isaacson
October 27, 2022—A day ahead of closing a $44 billion deal to buy one of the world's largest social media platforms, Elon Musk said he is acquiring Twitter to empower citizen journalism and make it a place where people from various views can come together to conduct health debate.
Twitter is one of the world's most popular social media sites. While it is well behind Meta's Facebook and Instagram, Google's YouTube, TikTok, WeChat, and Telegram in terms of users, it boasts of strong engagement among its monthly average users of around 436 million people.
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