The richest man in the world believes people are too critical of his deal to buy a major social media platform.
In a Saturday exchange, Musk and a follower agreed that Musk's deal to buy Twitter is getting more negative attention than Jeff Bezos' purchase of The Washington Post. Bezos bought the newspaper.
Michael Malice said that no one had a problem with Jeff Bezos owning the Washington Post.
Musk responded with a thinking face expression.
According to reports, Musk's $44 billion takeover deal is close to completion. All the while, the platform's users have expressed concerns that Musk buying Twitter could threaten free speech on the platform and lead to a loosened of content moderation, potentially increasing hate speech, misinformation, and dangerous content on the site.
Musk said he would reverse the ban. The former president's account was permanently suspended by the social media company after he made baseless claims of election fraud.
According to The Washington Post, Musk told investors he planned to cut 75% of the workforce. The ability to take action on harmful content could be hampered.
According to people with knowledge of the matter, the US government is looking into national security reviews of Musk's takeover.
Sources told the news agency that Biden administration officials were not happy with Musk's plans to get foreign investors to help pay for the deal.
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