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Elon Musk to Buy Twitter For $44 Billion

Clip: 04/25/2022 | 9m 30s

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion. He promises a more lenient approach to policing content on the social media platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and sounds off on social and economic issues.

Aired: 04/25/22 | Rating: NR

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