The creator and owner of Tesla cars brand and billionaire Elon Musk has acquired Twitter shares, becoming its main owner.
The billionaire wrote: «I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy, and I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe.»
«I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features,» Musk said, adding that he wants to improve the platform’s algorithms to make sure spam bots are not allowed there and to make the platform open and accessible to all.
«Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.»