Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter with brutal efficiency, having already fired several top executives without providing much clarity on how he will pursue his stated ambitions for the social networking platform, Reuters writes.

“The bird is free,” he tweeted after the $44 billion deal was completed, referring to the company’s logo and apparently referring to his desire to loosen the social network’s restrictions on published content.

The Tesla and Space CEO, a self-proclaimed “absolutist” on free speech, also said he didn’t want the platform to become an “echo chamber” for hateful and controversial views.

Other stated goals include removing “bots,” fake accounts, from the platform and publishing an algorithm that determines what content is shown to users.

But Musk did not provide specific details about how he hopes to achieve all of these goals or who will actually lead the company.

Elon Musk fired the CEO of Twitter

Last week, he said Twitter would be forced to lay off 75 percent of the company’s 7,500 employees, prompting many to worry about job security.

He also said Thursday that he bought Twitter not to make money, but to “try to help humanity, which I love.”

According to several sources familiar with the situation, Musk immediately fired Parag Agrawal, who took over as CEO of Twitter after the resignation of Jack Dorsey last November, as well as CFO (chief financial officer) Ned Segal and the company’s head of legal and policy. , Vijaya Gadde.

Musk previously accused the three of misleading him and Twitter investors about the number of fake accounts on the platform.

Multiple sources cited by Reuters said Agrawal and Segal were at Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco when the deal was initialed and were escorted out of the building immediately after it was completed.

Musk says freedom of speech won’t be absolute on the social media platform

On Wednesday, as the final details of the deal were being worked out, Musk walked into the company’s headquarters with a porcelain sink and a big smile on his face, later resorting to a pun on his Twitter page to emphasize who would be the boss: “let that sink in.” .

Despite his comments last week, he sought to calm employee concerns by assuring that a mass wave of layoffs was not imminent, while telling companies promoting themselves on Twitter that his previous criticism of the social media platform’s content moderation rules would not affect its appeal.

“Obviously, Twitter can’t become a dogless village where you can say anything without consequences!” he emphasized in a letter to advertisers on Thursday.