https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/25/elon-musk-buys-twitter-for-44b-and-will-privatize-company/ > TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN > Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on social and economic issues to more than 83 million followers.