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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to acquire Twitter for 55 trillion won.
Even the White House is concerned about the side effects of the world's richest man exerting a powerful influence on the world's largest social media platform.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.
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Musk's acquisition price of Twitter is $54.20 per share, totaling $44 billion, or 55 trillion won in Korean money.
Based on the closing price on the 1st, this is the amount of buying all Twitter stocks plus a 38% management premium.
Musk has announced that Twitter, a publicly traded company, will be converted to a private company, saying that to truly achieve freedom of expression, companies must operate privately.
Some are concerned that Musk will be able to control the world's largest social media platform, which is used by numerous political leaders and others.
In particular, there is a prospect that the account of former President Trump, which has been permanently suspended, will be revived.
[Angelo Carusson/CEO of Media Matters, a media watchdog group: The rules that could permanently suspend the accounts of extremists or spreaders of fake news on Twitter will be broken and they will be able to regain their freedom.
It will be a triumph for authoritarian dictatorships and for lies, extremists and haters.] The
White House also expressed concern, although it is not yet ready to comment.
[Jen Saki/White House Spokesperson: No matter who runs Twitter, President Biden has always been concerned about the impact of big social media platforms.
Tech platforms must be held accountable for the negative impact they can have on people.]
On the other hand, there are also prospects that Musk can use it as a forward base for cryptocurrency, such as introducing a subscription system to Twitter and allowing users to pay in cryptocurrency. There is.