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  2. Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    Musk's acquisition of Twitter was principally responsible for the development of Threads, a social media platform which closely resembles Twitter, by rival company Meta Platforms. Work began on the service in November 2022, and it was released on July 5, 2023, amidst continued backlash to changes to Twitter enacted by Musk and Yaccarino.

  3. Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    e. Elon Reeve Musk FRS (/ ˈiːlɒn /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and investor known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. Other involvements include ownership of X Corp., the company that operates the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), and his role in the founding of ...

  4. Twitter under Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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    Twitter under Elon Musk. Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022; Musk acted as CEO of Twitter until June 2023 when he was succeeded by Linda Yaccarino. In a move that, despite Yaccarino's accession, was widely attributed to Musk, [ 1 ][ 2 ] Twitter was rebranded to X on July 23, 2023, [ 3 ] and its domain name changed ...

  5. Blocking of Twitter in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Reacting to the decision, Musk wrote on his Twitter account: "Free speech is the bedrock of democracy and an unelected pseudo-judge in Brazil is destroying it for political purposes." [ 40 ] Shortly after its suspension, Twitter created the "@AlexandreFiles" account, purportedly in order to shed "a light on the abuses of Brazilian law committed ...

  6. X Corp. - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. X Corp. is an American technology company headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. [5] Established by Elon Musk in 2023 as the successor to Twitter, Inc. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of X Holdings Corp., which is itself mostly owned by Musk. The company owns the social networking service X (formerly Twitter), and has announced plans to use ...

  7. Twitter Files - Wikipedia

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    The Twitter Files are a series of releases of select internal Twitter, Inc. documents published from December 2022 through March 2023 on Twitter. CEO Elon Musk gave the documents to journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, Lee Fang, and authors Michael Shellenberger, David Zweig and Alex Berenson shortly after he acquired Twitter on October 27, 2022.

  8. Twitter, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Twitter, Inc. was an American social media company based in San Francisco, California, which operated and was named for its flagship social media network prior to its rebrand as X. In addition to Twitter, the company previously operated the Vine short video app and Periscope livestreaming service.

  9. Parag Agrawal - Wikipedia

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    2. Scientific career. Thesis. Incorporating Uncertainty in Data Management and Integration (2012) Doctoral advisor. Jennifer Widom. Parag Agrawal (Hindi pronunciation: [pəˈɾaːɡ əɡɾəˈʋaːl]; born May 21, 1984) [2] is an Indian-American software engineer and businessman who was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. from November 2021 to October ...