- Late Thursday, Musk tweeted, “the bird has been freed,” a reference to Twitter’s logo.
- Twitter’s users, advertisers, and employees are parsing Musk’s every move to guess where he might take the company — but the mercurial tech executive has not made the job easy.
- He has criticized Twitter’s dependence on advertisers but made a statement Thursday that aimed to soothing their fears. He has complained about restrictions on speech on the platform — but then vowed he wouldn’t let it become a “hellscape.”