

Musk also was asked whether he plans to be CEO of Twitter. Ideally, he said, he would like to get 80% of people in North America or “half the world” population on Twitter in some way. “Generally the approach should be to let people say what they want… but limit who sees that based on any given Twitter users’ preferences,” said Musk. Musk, as he did in his town hall Q&A with Twitter employees last week, drew a distinction between “freedom of speech” and “freedom of reach.”

“It obviously cannot be a place where feel uncomfortable or harassed, or they’ll simply not use it.” “My aspiration for Twitter, or in general for the digital town square, would be that it is as inclusive in the broadest sense of the word as possible,” Musk replied. Musk was interviewed at the conference by Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait, who asked the mega-billionaire whether there is a limit to who should be allowed on Twitter. Shares of Twitter were up more than 2% amid a broader market uptick Tuesday, but were still trading under $39/share - nearly 30% below Musk’s bid price, underscoring continued investor skepticism that the deal will close. SaaStly reviews apps on a scale of zero to ten. Trusted on over 330,000 Profiles and counting. The company’s board of directors has unanimously recommended that shareholders vote in favor of the deal. TweetAdder: Twitter Users 1 Effective Automated Twitter Management and Follower Building Tool of All Time. Meanwhile, Twitter is expected to set a shareholder vote on Musk’s bid later this summer. Musk, currently the world’s richest individual, has lined up financing from Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, Sequoia Capital, cryptocurrency exchange, and a16z, the VC firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Musk’s offer to buy Twitter for $54.20/share comprises $27.25 billion in equity financing, $6.25 billion in margin loans, and $10.5 billion in debt financing.
