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Elon Musk takes control of Twitter, fires top executives including CEO

Elon Musk took control of Twitter and fired its top executives late Thursday in a deal that puts one of the leading platforms for global discourse in the hands of the world's richest man.

France 24

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and ‘fires top executives’

The $44bn deal will give world’s richest man control of social media platform with more than 230m users

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and fires top executives

The world's richest man now owns one of its most influential social media platforms.

Axios

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Twitter is Angry: Georgia likely to finish 2022 without hosting a night game

Georgia will probably not host a single night game this season and Twitter is not happy about it

USA Today Sports Media Group

Spirit Halloween clarifies meme costumes are not sold in stores: ‘Can’t control what Twitter users create’

Halloween retailer attempted its own version of meme with a ‘Spirit Halloween store’ costume

The Independent UK

Timeline of billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to control Twitter

Elon Musk is offering to go through with his original proposal to buy Twitter for $44 billion

The Independent UK

Kanye West returns to Instagram, says he lost $2 billion in one day

Fewer than three weeks after Twitter and Instagram suspended his accounts, Kanye "Ye" West returned to Instagram on Wednesday and claimed he "lost 2 billion dollars in one day."

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Musk dubs himself "Chief Twit"

After months of back and forth, Musk has until Friday to officially close the deal to become Twitter's new owner

Salon

How Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover impacted its share price

Billionaire’s six month dalliance with purchasing social media platform has caused its stock price yo-yo

The Independent UK

Musk Hasn't Sold More Tesla Shares To Fund $44B Twitter Deal: Could Overhang Be Gone?

The long-awaited, $44 billion deal between Twitter Inc.

Benzinga

How Andre the Giant Hilariously Ended Up As the No. 1 Trending Topic on Twitter

A creative tweet involving an image of him caused quite a frenzy.

Sports Illustrated

New York Post’s ‘vile’ hack was work of ‘rogue employee’

Tabloid immediately removed ‘reprehensible content’ from website and social media

The Independent UK

Elon Musk walks into Twitter HQ with a sink in hand

Elon Musk has been seen entering Twitter HQ carrying what appears to be a sink.Mr Musk tweeted a video showing himself walking into the building in San Francisco a day after reports that he could close his $44bn takeover of the site by the end of this week.The 51-year-old captioned…

Evening Standard

Elon Musk’s worst tweets: From freelance diplomacy to personal insults

The world’s richest man and CEO of multiple companies always finds time for a good Twitter troll

The Independent UK

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France 24

Is Ukraine really developing a dirty bomb? Be careful of Russian claims

Ukraine is apparently in the process of developing a so-called dirty bomb – a bomb containing radioactive elements – or, at least, that’s the narrative that Moscow has been peddling since October 23, 2022. The Russian Ministry of Defence posted these claims to Telegram and Twitter, along with illustrated documents…

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk claims he has acquired Twitter ‘to help humanity’

Tweet comes as advertisers fear one of his first moves as chief will be to restore Donald Trump’s account

Benzinga

Elon Musk's Reasons For Buying Twitter: 'I Didn't Do It To Make Money. I Did It To Try To Help Humanity'

The world’s richest man is nearing the finish line of acquiring social media platform Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR).

Wales Online

Elon Musk says he is buying Twitter to 'help humanity'

Musk says he wants to create a 'common digital square'

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Chicago Sun-Times

Ye escorted out of Skechers’ headquarters in California

“Considering Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation,” according to a company statement.

The Independent UK

New York Post hacked as tweets call for ‘assassination’ of AOC and Biden

Articles given offensive headlines including sexist and racist slurs as well as threats of violence

The Times of India

‘Future of civilisation’: Elon Musk reveals why he is buying Twitter

NEW DELHI: As Elon Musk faces a court-ordered deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, the Tesla chief on Thursday said that he is buying the platform to “help humanity”.

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Elon carries SINK into Twitter HQ

Elon Musk is obviously stoking rumours he’s sealed the deal to buy Twitter after sharing a bizarre video of himself carrying a sink into its San Francisco headquarters.

Daily Mirror

Inside Kanye West's downward spiral as the rapper's Donda Academy closes

Kanye West has lost multiple partnerships with top brands over the past few days and now his private school, Donda Academy, has closed following his bouts of racist comments

The Independent UK

Musk doesn't seek a “free-for-all hellscape” for Twitter

Elon Musk is telling Twitter advertisers he is buying the platform to “help humanity” and doesn’t want it to become a “free-for-all hellscape” where anything can be said with no consequences

Axios

Elon Musk: Twitter won't become "a free-for-all hellscape"

Musk said Twitter should be "a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence."

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