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Can Elon Musk manage Twitter?

Asia News Network writers share their views on billionaire Elon Musk’s moves to rewrite the rules at Twitter. Here are excerpts.

Asia News Network writers share their views on billionaire Elon Musk’s moves to rewrite the rules at Twitter. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk bought Twitter for US$44 billion (S$60.7 billion) recently.

And he did it in typical outlandish Musk style, carrying a kitchen sink into the Twitter office – to “let that sink in”? I guess. It was definitely Mr Musk declaring victory in purchasing the social media network, and sure enough, he tweeted, “The bird is freed”.

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