The meme-posting billionaire added that he had a 'Plan B' if his offer to buy to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share was turned down - and criticised Mark Zuckerberg's model of ownership of Meta
Elon Musk has said he is 'not sure' his takeover bid for Twitter will be successful
Elon Musk is"not sure" whether his attempt to take over Twitter for $41bn will succeed, he has told a conference in Vancouver.for $54.20 a share was turned down - and criticised Mark Zuckerberg's model of ownership of Meta. The social media company's executive team have told employees that they are currently considering the bid, with CEO Parag Agrawal telling staff Twitter was not being"held hostage" by the offer.Speaking at TED2022 in Vancouver,- who is now the wealthiest man in the world according to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index - said he believed Twitter had"kind of become the de facto town square" as"an inclusive arena for free speech".
"It's just really important that people have both the reality and the perception that they're able to speak freely within the bounds of the law," he added, setting out his vision for the company.He suggested that Twitter should"open source the algorithm" - used both to show tweets to people who don't have a chronological timeline, and for trending topics - so it can be publicly available for analysis.
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