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users left to fight trolls and misinformation?

Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion raises concerns the platform will be subject to the capricious rule of the world’s richest person.

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk’s vow to let everyone say whatever they want on Twitter after his takeover of the social media giant could put the onus on users to combat bullying and misinformation on the platform, experts say.

Details of Musk’s plans for Twitter were slim after his deal to buy the tech firm was announced Monday, but the Tesla chief portrays himself as a free-speech absolutist.

But the privatisation of Twitter with Musk as its master has raised concerns from analysts and activists that the site will be capriciously ruled by the world’s richest man, with more focus on…

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