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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims

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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims

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TechnologyEnglish • 10 months ago

Buying Twitter made Musk "king of the sandbox," allowing him to promote free speech, but not at the cost of his own ego.

Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
Musk’s personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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I dunno man. A teenager baiting a billionaire into spending a significant amount of his fortune to shut him up sounds like the most successful troll in history to me.

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