How Musk could use the free-speech leverage granted by his Twitter stock buy

Published April 5, 2022 11:00am ET



Tesla Founder Elon Musk has bought himself leverage in swaying Twitter‘s controversial handling of speech on its platform after suddenly becoming the company’s largest shareholder.

Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and a critic of Twitter’s handling of speech, appears poised to shake up the massive social media network after buying 9.2% of the company.

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