Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO, will buy the Twitter social media network in a $44 billion dollar deal. The company’s board agreed to the buyout and plans to take the company private, ending a week-long whirlwind after Musk became one of Twitter’s largest shareholders. The agreement means the world’s richest man will now be at the head of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.
Musk has insisted his primary interest in the company has to do with what he says is Twitter’s censorship of free speech while critics worry his ownership will silence the voices of those with whom he disagrees. Either way, a lot is about to change. Montclair State University Associate Professor Joel Penney, an expert in new media, explains what might happen next.
