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After seven months Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter has finally closed. Does he own Twitter? How much did he pay for the platform?

On Friday, Elon Musk tweeted out four words, "the bird is freed" a cryptic phrase that confirmed that after a seven-month saga the billionaire had finally gone through with his purchase of social media platform Twitter. 

The tweet quickly racked up 2.1 million likes and Mr Musk wasted no time decreeing changes for the company like forming a content moderation council with "wildly diverse viewpoints".

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