Despite initially thwarting a hostile takeover from the world’s richest man, Twitter has now struck a $44-billion deal with Elon Musk, the CEO and co-founder of both Tesla and SpaceX. He will become the social media giant’s sole owner. Abigail Bimman explains Musk’s promises to make the platform “better than ever,” and how his controversial reputation raises questions on what that could mean.
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