TIMELINE: How Elon Musk’s ‘love’ for Twitter led to his takeover

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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, reached an agreement to acquire Twitter Inc. for $44 billion in cash on Monday. This deal means the micro-blogging platform is now in the business mogul’s total control, going forward.

Before Musk acquired the 16-year-old platform, he constantly attacked Twitter’s censorship policy openly. The self-proclaimed free speech absolutist continuously advocated for the prioritisation of all tweets made by users. He also objected to giving too much power on the service to corporations that advertise.

Prior to his eventually acquisition of the ‘Bird App’ on Monday evening, many significant events had unfolded in the past.

On December 21, 2017, Musk declared he loved Twitter in a tweet. He went further to ask for the amount it would cost him to acquire it.