In all, Musk has sold more than $19 billion worth of Tesla stock since April, likely to fund his share of the Twitter purchase.
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Elon Musk walks back on Twitter job cuts, blue checks in second week
The social-media company laid off close to 3,700 people on Friday, only to reach out soon thereafter to dozens of employees who it decided were either fired in error or too essential.
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Influencers debate leaving Twitter, but where would they go?
The debate is especially fraught for people of color who have used Twitter to network and elevate their voices, while also confronting toxicity on the platform.
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Twitter’s blue check: Vital verification or status symbol?
After floating the idea of charging users $20 a month for the “blue check” and some extra features, he appeared to quickly scale it back in a Twitter exchange with author Stephen King.
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People banned from Twitter won’t be restored for weeks, Musk says
Elon Musk says Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that — a process that will take at least a few weeks.
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Musk considers charging users for Twitter verification, fires entire board
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over a combined $1.89 billion in existing Twitter shares, making them the company’s largest shareholder after billionaire Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk posts unfounded conspiracy about Paul Pelosi attack
Musk tweeted a link to a Santa Monica Observer article claiming Paul Pelosi was involved with a male sex worker, according to the Daily Beast.
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Musk took over Twitter. Then debunked conspiracies, Nazi imagery, racist tweets appeared.
Elon Musk said Twitter will be forming a ‘content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.’
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Musk says he won’t make Twitter a ‘free-for-all hellscape’
The message to advertisers posted Thursday on Twitter came a day before Musk’s deadline for closing his $44 billion deal to buy the social-media company and take it private.
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Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they’re taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month’s midterms.