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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO first announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech. Even for one of the richest men in the world, $44 billion is a lot of money to cough up to buy a middling social platform. By October, the platform was his.

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What Congress should ask at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

The Verge

Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms. Facebook says EU regulators have asked broad questions beyond the scope of two ongoing antitrust probes and has asked that the General Court in Luxembourg to intervene. But they may be a start. Mark Gurman / Bloomberg). Governing. ? James Hale / Tubefilter ).

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