Elon Musk bought Twitter over free speech concerns, media 'groupthink'

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Elon Musk says there wasn't a single 'breaking point' that made him buy Twitter, but that he feared a rise in online 'groupthink'

Elon Musk says he bought Twitter because he was concerned about free speech, and attacked what he called"groupthink amongst the media" during a conversation on Twitter over the weekend.hosted by crypto entrepreneur Mario Nawfal, which attracted as many as two million listeners at its highest point.

Ian Miles Cheong, a right-wing Twitter personality, asked Musk what the"breaking point" was that made him want to buy the social media platform. But Musk said that it wasn't one thing in particular, adding:"It's not like 'Oh the Babylon Bee got banned, that's why I bought Twitter.' That would be crazy."

The conservative satire website was suspended in March after refusing to delete a tweet naming Rachel Levine, a transgender government official, the"Man of the Year." Musk made his first offer to buy Twitter at $43 billion around three weeks later. Since completing his takeover in late October, Musk has

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