Some prominent left leaning users, people like michello burney, sanders and a o c, that they have lost tens of thousands of followers since monday when it was official that elon is likely going to bethe new owner of twitter. A number of conservatives, like senator ted cruwz and rep marjori taylor green, that they've seen their follower counts actually tick upward. 72 % of republican accounts gained followers between m Monday and t Tuesday morning. Almost all democratic lawmakers lost followers during that same time period.
Elon Musk and Twitter have reached a deal. Recode’s Peter Kafka and Shirin Ghaffary explain what it means for the business of Twitter, and for free speech on the platform.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.
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