On April 25, 2022, Twitter agreed to a $44 billion buyout by Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, one of the biggest deals to turn a company private.[16][17] On July 8, Musk terminated the deal.[18] Twitter's shares fell,[19] leading company officials to sue Musk in the Chancery Court of Delaware on July 12.[20] On October 4, Musk announced his intention to purchase the company as he had agreed, for $44 billion, or $54.20 a share;[21] the agreement closed on October 27.
Following Musk's takeover, Twitter has been criticized for an increase in perceived hate speech, followed by advertiser moratoriums, mass dismissals and mass resignations.[22][23][24][25][26] After his acquisition of the company, Musk immediately dismissed numerous top executives.[27] On November 3, Twitter laid off approximately 3,700 employees, or about half of their staff. In the following week, the company's security, compliance, and privacy executives resigned.[28] On November 16, Musk sent an email to remaining employees outlining a shift in the work culture of the company and requesting employees opt-in or leave by November 17, leading to hundreds of additional resignations.[4]

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