<h5>Who owned Twitter before Elon Musk?</h5>  <p>In 2006, Jack Dorsey, a college student in New York, had an idea. He wondered if people could communicate with the world how they communicated through text messages. This idea led to the birth of Twitter. On Twitter, people could share information and opinions with the world using only 280 characters (these characters can be alphabets, numbers, etc).</p>
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<p>Twitter remained a private company till 2013, during which it was owned by Dorsey and other co-founders. In 2013, Twitter became a publicly-traded company - this means that many people collectively owned Twitter. After 2013, Dorsey owned just 2.25 percent of the company.</p>
<p>On 25th April 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion. Musk said that he will soon turn Twitter into a private company again. 
</p> <h5>Who is Elon Musk and why did he buy Twitter?</h5>  <p>Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. He is a brilliant scientist and entrepreneur who made his wealth by building Tesla, one of the most innovative car companies in the world and by creating SpaceX, a private space exploration company. So why does a man who sells cars and rockets want to own Twitter?</p>
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<p>Musk has strong opinions about the future of humanity (that includes plans to set up a human colony on Mars). He believes Twitter has an important role to play in shaping the future of human civilization. </p>
<p>He said that Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated. He added that he wanted to focus on making Twitter better by adding new features and by making its systems open-source to increase users’ trust.”
</p> <h5>Why are many people worried about Elon Musk owning Twitter?</h5>  <p>Billionaires with vast wealth buying and controlling important media outlets is a worrying trend. Since Twitter is a publicly-traded company, it is accountable to many different people who own it. No one person can run the company according to their likes and dislikes. Everyone has to debate and discuss how to run Twitter. </p>
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<p>For the past few months, Musk has been trying to become the sole owner of Twitter. This way, he can alone decide what’s best for Twitter. Musk has said that he believes in absolute freedom of speech and wants to make Twitter accessible to everyone.</p>
<p>However, absolute freedom of speech can be harmful. When people are free to say mean, cruel, or outright false things with no fear of consequences, then human civilization can take a turn for the worse.
</p> <h5>What does the future of Twitter look like?</h5>  <p>Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter will always be free for regular users. However, governments and other organisations would have to pay a small fee to use it in the future.</p>
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<p>He has also said that he plans to make Twitter a publicly-traded company someday in the future again, likely in three years, once he has modified the platform according to his wishes.</p>
<p>What do you think Musk buying Twitter means - is it going to become better or worse?
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