Elon Musk owns Twitter. Now what?
b'Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has only been \\u201cChief Twit\\u201d of Twitter since Thursday night, but he\\u2019s already fired four top executives and dissolved the company\\u2019s board.\\n\\n\\nMusk had repeatedly tried to pull out of his $44-billion US deal to acquire Twitter since April, leading to legal action from the company. Now, as Musk and his investors take private ownership of the company, his messages about free speech and lighter moderation have been joined by an assurance to advertisers that Twitter won\\u2019t become a \\u201cfree-for-all hellscape.\\u201d \\n\\nToday on Front Burner, Washington Post tech analysis writer Will Oremus details the chaos unfolding inside Twitter as Musk begins his reign, and discusses what the ownership of social media by billionaires such as Musk could mean for our online future.'