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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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[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

IIRC he was fighting “tooth & nail” to get out of the deal…until they made a request for some of his e-mails.

Suddenly he’s done fighting and carried through with the purchase.

(Sorry but I’m going into an appointment so no time to look up this new event…)

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I thought it was more than emails, it was all communication around it?

Really wish he'd kept fighting do we'd see that.

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