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Musk’s #TwitterTakeover: What next for the ‘digital town square’? | The Listening Post

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Elon Musk is closing in on buying Twitter for $44bn, taking control of a platform where everyone seems angry about something. It is not yet clear if the billionaire knows just what he is getting into.

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