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Le possible achat de Twitter par Elon Musk pour 44 milliards $ US inquiète des experts au Québec, qui craignent que la plateforme devienne un jouet.

La même année, il avait annoncé, dans un tweet, qu’il souhaitait retirer Tesla de la Bourse, ce qui a eu des impacts sur le titre. «Ça fait longtemps qu’il a des opinions sur quoi dire, ne pas dire, et ce qui est acceptable comme prise de parole sur les médias sociaux. Il reste maintenant à savoir s’il se gardera davantage une gêne s’il devient le grand patron. «Il y a vraiment une pièce de théâtre fort divertissante qui va commencer, mais moi, elle me fait peur», a-t-il dit sur QUB radio. «S’il choisit de payer une prime pour acquérir Twitter, c’est qu’il croit qu’il a une façon de valoriser la plateforme et qu’il est le mieux placé pour le faire», a souligné M. Cimon. «C’est clair qu’en acquérant Twitter, c’est beaucoup plus efficace que de démarrer un autre média social», a-t-il poursuivi. «Cet achat est significatif parce que ce n’est pas comme la famille qui possède le New York Times, qui a toujours été garante d’objectivité et d’avoir un produit d’information de qualité. Là, on parle de l’une des plateformes les plus importantes au monde qui va être privée», a avancé le professeur Yan Cimon.

Donald Trump a exclu lundi de revenir sur Twitter, dont il a été banni en janvier 2021, malgré le rachat du réseau social par Elon Musk.

«J'espère qu'Elon achètera Twitter parce qu'il fera des améliorations et c'est un gars bien, mais je reste sur Truth», a-t-il répété, expliquant que «Twitter a des bots et faux comptes». «Je ne vais pas sur Twitter, je reste sur TRUTH», a-t-il déclaré à la chaîne américaine Fox News en référence à la plateforme Truth Social, qu'il a lancée en février et présentée comme une alternative à Facebook, Twitter et YouTube.

Le patron de Tesla et de SpaceX a acheté le réseau social pour 44 milliards de dollars. Aux Etats-Unis, l'affaire a immédiatement pris un tour politique.

« La transaction proposée offrira une prime en liquidités substantielle, et nous pensons que c’est la meilleure voie à suivre pour les actionnaires de Twitter », a concédé le président du conseil de surveillance du réseau social, Bret Taylor. « Les sceptiques qui n’ont pas vu venir l’accord sur Twitter ont tout d’abord sous-estimé la combativité d’Elon Musk et sa capacité à s’assurer des financements. A ce moment-là, l’action n’avait pas progressé d’un dollar en Bourse depuis son introduction à Wall Street, en 2013.

There is every chance that Twitter's board will have extracted an improved offer or terms from Elon Musk as an announcement on a deal is expected later on ...

According to the media outlet, both sides met on Sunday to discuss the proposal - and the social network "is more likely than before to seek to negotiate". Musk argues that the social network needs to be taken private in order to grow and become a genuine platform for free speech. He has offered to buy the social network for $43bn (£33.5bn) and placed the right to uphold free speech at the forefront of his argument for a deal, accusing Twitter of failing its users to date.

The world's richest person has made a deal to buy social media platform Twitter, taking the company private in a controversial $44-billion (U.S.) ...

He thinks Musk’s Twitter deal could actually accelerate and reinforce these processes, perhaps resulting in more oversight of companies like Twitter down the line. Taking the company private will likely mean less oversight and transparency for Twitter and its users, he said. Musk said last week he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy the social media company. In quick succession, Musk accepted an offer to join the company’s board, before rejecting the same offer. According to documents filed with U.S. securities regulators, the financing will come from Morgan Stanley and other banks to the tune of more than $25 billion. The deal, which was unanimously approved by Twitter’s board of directors, is expected to close within the year. To have the world’s richest man in charge without being beholden to shareholders could result in “a huge concentration of power that could result in almost a tyrannical negative impact on society,” said Tsai. Musk’s big concern is that these companies are becoming the arbiter of speech, said Eltis, and to extent it’s a valid concern — she believes the necessary balance between regulating online speech and providing a platform for free speech has yet to be struck. One of the main issues is that instead of all the social media companies adhering to one set of principles when it comes to regulating speech on their platforms, each is setting its own rules, said Eltis. Once the deal is closed, Twitter will become a privately held company. In the early age of the internet, this new frontier was hailed as a bastion of free speech, but over time a reversal happened, said Eltis, where social media companies began regulating speech to address the hateful content being posted — but again using algorithms, with no recourse, and often missing the mark. There are concerns about Musk’s motives for taking over Twitter. Musk has said he wants to buy the platform because he doesn’t believe it’s living up to its role in enabling free speech, and has proposed relaxing content restrictions, potentially including the rules that forced former president Donald Trump off the social media platform.

When Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion 10 days ago, the platform didn't welcome him with open arms. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is in some ways ...

Among them is Ben Thompson, the writer of the popular newsletter Stratechery, who believes that Twitter should go private—even if that means a transformation engineered by Musk, which could mean less moderation and more acrimonious discourse, as well as a larger focus on subscriptions. Twitter’s board had to justify rejecting a generous offer, more than 10% above the company’s current stock price. On April 21, Musk said he has the funding to get this deal done quickly.

Twitter is gearing up to accept Musk's original $43 billion offer. Apparently he wasn't just trolling.

Musk first announced his offer to buy the social media company at around $54.20 per share on April 14. In premarket trading, they reached about $51.50 per share, but at the time of writing, had fallen to around $50.7. Although the deal is unconfirmed, both the Times and Reuters reported that sources tell them a deal could be finalized and made public later today. If Musk makes the purchase, Twitter would no longer be a publicly traded company, but instead, private. Important to point out though, it literally isn’t. The first amendment doesn’t protect anyone’s right to post on Twitter. Though Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, seemingly doesn’t understand that. Any moment now, a deal between between Twitter’s 11-member board and Elon Musk could be announced.