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Re:Elon Musk moves ahead with Twitter deal in 13D filing by Ajedi32 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:12PM (#33086980)
Yeah, I seem to recall that before all this legal drama started the story was that Musk was buying Twitter to turn it into a platform for free speech. Assuming he hasn't changed his mind about that, the news cycle here is only just beginning.

Though on the positive side, I think I'll personally find a debate about free speech to be way more interesting than the current celebrity drama legal fight over contract law.

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Re:Elon Musk moves ahead with Twitter deal in 13D filing by tmpz22 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:15PM (#33087827)
> Though on the positive side, I think I'll personally find a debate about free speech

Twitter will be forced to prioritize short-term profit to recoup Musk's losses and rage-porn style engagement content will be the easiest (and likely only) way they can do it.

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Re:Elon Musk moves ahead with Twitter deal in 13D filing by Ajedi32 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:39PM (#33097784)
Twitter is about to become a private company. They won't be "forced" to do anything their new owner doesn't want them to. They won't even have to be profitable at all if that isn't what Musk wants.
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