The roller coaster saga of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has taken a number of recent turns, legal maneuvers and renegotiations that have left the deal in limbo with a looming deadline of 10/28 to close the contract or go to trial. We have a look at the latest... plus other Twitter related issues arising from Kanye West's recent incendiary commentary on the platform.
Topics Discussed:
- 3:01 - Recapping Elon's acquisition of Twitter back in April 2022 compared to today's deal.
- 5:39 - Elon doesn't want to buy because of bots or because of the purchasing price of Twitter?
- 9:56 - Did he really know about all the bots?
- 12:00 - Elon's texts revealed.
- 14:31 - Will the original deal go through and what happens next with Twitter
- 19:00 - The public square and content moderation on Twitter.
- 24:58 - People finding their voices in mediums where they won't be censored or silenced.
- 27:35 - Elon's App X plan and what happens if he acquires Twitter.
- 30:46 - Kanye West on Twitter.
- 34:35 - What are these platforms for, who should govern the conversations, and how should free speech be handled?
- 47:07 - a deeper discussion on Kanye West.
- 52:28 - Courage or Cringe!
- 52:42 - LA City council president and other members were making racist comments.
- 58:46 - Tulsi Gabbard leaves the democratic party.
- 1:02:00 - Antonio Brown's tweet.
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