Texas man offers Elon Musk free land to move Twitter headquarters near Austin

TEXAS, USA — Texas is already residence to main corporations like Southwest Airways, AT&T, and Pizza Hut, however might the Lone Star State turn into the first residence for Twitter?

That is what one Texas rancher is hoping for after Twitter accepted a proposal from Elon Musk to accumulate the social media platform for roughly $44 billion.

Jim Schwertner, president and CEO of Schwertner Farms, tweeted to Musk Tuesday, asking him to maneuver Twitter to Schwertner, which is about 38 miles north of Austin. If obliged, Schwertner promised Musk 100 acres without spending a dime.

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“Elon Musk, Transfer Twitter to Schwertner, TX. 38 Miles North of Austin in Williamson County, and we provides you with 100 Acres for FREE,” the tweet learn.

Schwertner isn’t the one Texan who’s pleading with Musk to maneuver Twitter to the bluebonnet state.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted to Musk Monday saying “carry Twitter to Texas to hitch Tesla, SpaceX and the Boring firm.”

Twitter transferring its headquarters from San Franciso to Texas isn’t a far-fetched concept since Musk already has corporations stationed inside the Lone Star State.

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Tesla’s Gigafactory is in Austin and his Boring firm has simply purchased land in Texas. Musk even has a SpaceX web site that launches in Texas.

Musk mentioned in a joint assertion with Twitter that he needs to make the service “higher than ever” with new options whereas eliminating automated “spam” accounts and making its algorithms open to the general public to extend belief.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital city sq. the place issues important to the way forward for humanity are debated,” the 50-year-old Musk mentioned, including hearts, stars and rocket emojis in a tweet that highlighted the assertion.

The extra hands-off strategy to content material moderation that Musk envisions has many customers involved that the platform will turn into extra of a haven for disinformation, hate speech and bullying, one thing it has labored onerous lately to mitigate. Wall Avenue analysts mentioned if he goes too far, it might additionally alienate advertisers.

The deal was cemented roughly two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9% stake within the platform. Musk mentioned final week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to purchase Twitter, placing strain on the corporate’s board to barter a deal.

Requested throughout a latest TED interview if there are any limits to his notion of “free speech,” Musk mentioned Twitter would abide by nationwide legal guidelines that limit speech world wide. Past that, he mentioned, he’d be “very reluctant” to delete posts or completely ban customers who violate the corporate’s guidelines.

It received’t be good, Musk added, “however I feel we would like it to essentially have the notion and actuality that speech is as free as moderately attainable.”

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