Elon Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal and other top executives.

Elon Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal and other top executives.

Late on Thursday, US media claimed that Elon Musk took over Twitter and fired its top executives in a move that gave the world’s richest man control of one of the most important forums for international dialogue.

The Washington Post and CNBC claimed, citing unnamed sources, that Musk fired the company’s chief executive officer, Parag Agrawal, as well as its chief financial officer and head of legal policy, trust, and safety.

Agrawal went to court to make the Tesla CEO comply with the terms of a takeover agreement that he had attempted to elude.

The rumours surfaced hours ahead of Musk’s court-imposed deadline to finalise his on-again, off-again agreement to buy the social media network.

Musk tweeted on Thursday that he was buying Twitter “because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.”

The billionaire even shared a picture of himself socializing at a coffee bar at Twitter headquarters.

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