https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/28/elon-musk-twitter-everything-you-need-to-know/ > Welcome to Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X), where the rules are made up and the check marks don’t matter. > The Tesla and SpaceX CEO first announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech.