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News of Elon Musk’s corporate takeover of social media giant Twitter dominated headlines late Thursday into Friday morning.
The bombastic billionaire’s $44 billion deal with Twitter immediately set off a firestorm of speculation about what the platform might look like under a new executive who has characterized himself as a First Amendment absolutist and sparked controversy with his own social media posts.
Chief among the questions being debated online and in the news media on Thursday was whether or not Musk would reinstate the account of former President Trump, who lost his privileges on the site over what company leadership said at the time was a pattern of posts that violated their rules on harmful information.
Hours after news of Musk’s takeover broke, a fake statement from Trump began circulating online.
