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.

Contributors:
Rasha Abdul-Rahim - Director, Amnesty Tech
Abe Brown - Senior editor, Forbes
Evan Greer - Director, Fight for the Future
Edward Ongweso Jr - Staff writer, Motherboard
Shadma Shaikh - Co-founder, FactorDaily

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Amateur hour: The Kremlin accuses its adversaries of plotting to kill a Russian journalist but the evidence does not add up. Producer Johanna Hoes on Putin’s bizarre allegations.

Mexican journalism - a fight to the death:
Journalism, on the run. Mexico, its culture of violence against reporters who are killed, with impunity.

Contributors:
Andrés Manuel López Obrador - President of Mexico
Reyna Haydee Ramírez - Journalist & co-founder, Red Sonora de Periodistas
Ana Cristina Ruelas - Former director, Article 19, Mexico and Central America & Researcher, El Colegio de México A C Seminar on Violence and Peace

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. Contributors: Rasha Abdul-Rahim - Director, Amnesty Tech Abe Brown - Senior editor, Forbes Evan Greer - Director, Fight for the Future Edward Ongweso Jr - Staff writer, Motherboard Shadma Shaikh - Co-founder, FactorDaily On our radar: Amateur hour: The Kremlin accuses its adversaries of plotting to kill a Russian journalist but the evidence does not add up. Producer Johanna Hoes on Putin’s bizarre allegations. Mexican journalism - a fight to the death: Journalism, on the run. Mexico, its culture of violence against reporters who are killed, with impunity. Contributors: Andrés Manuel López Obrador - President of Mexico Reyna Haydee Ramírez - Journalist & co-founder, Red Sonora de Periodistas Ana Cristina Ruelas - Former director, Article 19, Mexico and Central America & Researcher, El Colegio de México A C Seminar on Violence and Peace

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