Blue Bird Swaying to a Variety of Noises

        In October 2022, Elon Musk completed the acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion. After this acquisition, there have been several issues about Musk's actions on Twitter.
        The first thing he did after deciding to take over was the dismissal of the existing management. Musk, who secured Twitter management rights, fired all key executives, including Twitter CEO Farag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Vijaya Kade, and legal adviser Sean Ejet. Musk left a tweet on his Twitter account on the 28th saying, "The bird is free," but many people question how the bird has been freed by Musk's actions.
        Second, the Washington Post (WP) quoted sources as saying Musk plans to fire about 75% of all employees after acquiring Twitter. The position of management changes in a day and employees are fired, which has been criticized for the sudden dismissal of executives and employees.
        One of the biggest changes since restructuring is the Twitter Blue service. Existing Twitter Blue had a paid function that allowed users to stop watching  advertisements. Elon Musk decided that the company's profits could not be maximized by the ad removal service alone, so he would introduce a blue check  service that was displayed on celebrities after raising the price of Twitter Blue. Twitter, which pushed ahead despite voices of concern that many impersonation accounts would appear when it was introduced, has overflowed with impersonation accounts.
Shares fell -5% due to tweets from the impersonation account of Eli Lilly, the head of the pharmaceutical company, and Lockheed Martin, a leading U.S. defense firm, was also impersonated, causing the stock to fall by -5%. As this concerns increased, it was announced that accounts with the added blue mark would be deleted as a group after November 9.
        On the other hand, celebrities in the U.S. entertainment industry are also announcing a series of suspensions of Twitter use. For example, well-known U.S. broadcaster and producer Shonda Rhimes, 52, left Twitter two days after Musk completed his deal to acquire Twitter, while American singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Sarah Burrellis, 43, also left Twitter. In addition, a series of U.S. celebrities are declaring a halt to the use of Twitter, and their common opinion is that Musk, who claims to be a "freedom of expression believer," may overflow Twitter with hate speech or fake news. In May, he also said he would restore former U.S. President Donald Trump's account, which was permanently suspended for inciting violence during the Capitol invasion, and EU regulators have already warned against complying with digital services laws that fine illegal content, fearing the acquisition of Musk's Twitter account will lead to rampant extremism and violent comments. It is  noteworthy that Musk's Twitter account makes such a variety of noises.

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