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Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and fears of 'free speech' plan
Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest person.
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