Jeff Bezos is just asking questions about Elon Musk, Twitter, and China

Simply earlier than Twitter introduced it’s accepting Elon Musk’s $44 buyout bid, the world’s richest man tweeted, “I hope that even my worst critics stay on Twitter, as a result of that’s what free speech means.”

His dedication is getting a light check because of a fellow tech billionaire / rocket fanatic / media mogul. Jeff Bezos quoted a New York Occasions reporter’s tweet declaring that Tesla’s enterprise pursuits in China may give the federal government leverage over Twitter through its new proprietor, saying, “Fascinating query. Did the Chinese language authorities simply acquire a little bit of leverage over the city sq.?.”

Bezos is way from the one particular person with questions, feedback, and criticisms over Elon Musk shopping for Twitter (Twitter workers are seemingly close to the entrance of the road). Nonetheless, in contrast to most, he owns the Washington Publish and has a web value ($177.5 billion) vaguely inside Elon’s vary ($264.6 billion).

Reviews recommend Elon’s buy ought to shut with out a lot regulatory bother, however pushing the angle of attainable undue affect from a international authorities is a method you can gum up the works… for those who had just a few billion {dollars} and a few further time in your arms. In fact, as Elon as soon as informed me, “Twitter is enjoyable,” and possibly that is simply how billionaires joke, like poking one another on Fb or one thing. Or possibly Jeff is like plenty of us and is a bit uneasy about who would possibly personal his unencrypted DMs in just a few months.