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Ryan Lovelace

rlovelace@washingtontimes.com

Ryan Lovelace was a national security reporter for The Washington Times.

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020.  Musk is offering to buy Twitter, Thursday, April 14, 2022. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.    (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Twitter announces sale to Elon Musk for estimated $44 billion

Twitter said Monday that it agreed to billionaire Elon Musk's offer to acquire the social media company for an estimated $44 billion, in a deal that would turn over control to the world's richest man, who has called for fewer restrictions on digital speech.

April 25, 2022
Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing that it entered into an agreement with Musk on Monday, April 4,  that will give the billionaire a seat on its board, with the term expiring at its 2024 annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Twitter adding Elon Musk to board of directors, CEO says

Twitter is adding Tesla CEO Elon Musk to its board of directors, putting the eccentric critic and user of the social media platform in a leadership position to have influence over business decisions at the company.

April 5, 2022