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Evening Standard
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Evening Standard Reporter

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter: a timeline

The Twitter social media app displaying a tweet by Elon Musk on a mobile phone (Yui Mok/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Elon Musk has completed his multibillion-dollar deal to take over social media giant Twitter.

It comes after months of public sparring between both sides and even the threat of a court case to force through the deal when the billionaire threatened to pull out.

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