Twitter users will ‘benefit’ from Musk pulling out of purchase deal


After a purchase deal has fallen through with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who had planned to unblock the account of former US president Donald Trump, some experts believe that Twitter has dodged a bullet. — dpa

LONDON: Twitter users will “benefit” from Elon Musk’s move to pull out of the deal to buy the company, some experts say.

The Tesla and SpaceX boss’s US$44bil (RM195.76bil) bid to buy the social media platform appeared to be on the verge of collapse, after he sent a letter saying he is terminating the acquisition.

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