Mr Musk became a major Twitter stockholder following his revelation that he purchased 73.5 million shares in early April. Mr Musk then set off to secure financing for the acquisition, including selling his stocks in Tesla. Critics have said that Mr Musk made the declaration so he could negotiate a smaller price. “Elon Musk’s free speech fundamentalism forces women, people of colour, members of the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalised groups to pay the price for the ‘free’ speech of misogynists, white supremacists, bigots and so on,” said Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the CCDH. “Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will not lead to more ‘free speech’ on the platform.

Source: Ethiopian News June 04, 2022 13:01 UTC