Elon Musk, the World's Richest Man, Has Been an "Abusive" Bully on Twitter for Years. Now He Owns It

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is set to become the new owner of Twitter after the company's board agreed to sell the influential social media platform for $44 billion on Monday. Musk, who describes himself as a free speech absolutist," tweeted, I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means." We speak with tech industry watchdog Jessica Gonzalez and Evan Rabble" Henshaw-Plath, who was part of the team that launched Twitter in 2006, about what the buyout means for the future of digital media and journalism. Musk or no Musk, Twitter has work to do to ensure that it stops amplifying bigotry, calls to violence, hate speech and conspiracy theories," says Gonzalez. Henshaw-Plath says he senses Musk has no idea what he's getting into," and discusses the activist roots of Twitter.