(Reuters) – Elon Musk has secured $7.14 billion in funding from a gaggle of buyers that features Oracle Corp (NYSE:) co-founder Larry Ellison and Sequoia Capital to fund his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc (NYSE:), in response to a submitting.

Here is a chronology of developments, together with some tweets from Musk, that shed some mild on his views of the corporate and free speech:

Date Tweets and feedback from firm submitting

April 27, 2022 “Twitter DMs ought to have finish to finish encryption like

Sign, so nobody can spy on or hack your messages,” Musk

mentioned in a tweet https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1519469891455234048

April 27, 2022 “For Twitter to deserve public belief, it have to be

politically impartial, which successfully means upsetting the

far proper and the far left equally,” Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1519415674111672325

April 25, 2022 “I hope that even my worst critics stay on Twitter,

as a result of that’s what free speech means,” Musk mentioned in a

tweet https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1518623997054918657

April 25, 2022 “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning

democracy, and Twitter is the digital city sq. the place

issues very important to the way forward for humanity are debated,” Musk

tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1518677066325053441?t=uZkgCtHZTcwmuGPkh3loDQ&s=19

after the deal was introduced. “I additionally need to make

Twitter higher than ever by enhancing the product with new

options, making the algorithms open supply to extend

belief, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all

people.”

April 21, 2022 “If our twitter bid succeeds, we are going to defeat the spam bots

or die making an attempt!” Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1517215066550116354.

“And authenticate all actual people,” he added.

April 14, 2022 “Taking Twitter personal at $54.20 needs to be as much as

shareholders, not the board,” Musk requested https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1514698036760530945

in a ballot on Twitter through which 83.5% of the responders

mentioned sure.

Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal mentioned that as one

April 14, 2022 of the key shareholders in Twitter he rejected a

takeover bid by Musk

April 14, 2022 “Nevertheless, since making my funding I now understand the

firm will neither thrive nor serve this societal

crucial in its present kind. Twitter must be

reworked as a personal firm,” Musk mentioned in a submitting https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/knowledge/0001418091/000110465922045641/tm2212748d1_sc13da.htm

April 14, 2022 “My supply is my greatest and remaining supply and if it isn’t

accepted, I would want to rethink my place as a

shareholder,” Musk added within the submitting

April 14, 2022 “Twitter has extraordinary potential. I’ll unlock it,”

Musk mentioned within the submitting

April 14, 2022 Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1514564966564651008

saying “I made a suggestion”, with a hyperlink to the corporate

submitting

April 12, 2022 Musk was sued by former Twitter shareholders who declare

they missed out on the current run-up in its inventory value

as a result of he waited too lengthy to reveal a 9.2% stake within the

social media firm

April 10, 2022 Musk polled followers on Twitter asking whether or not the

firm’s headquarters in San Francisco needs to be

transformed right into a homeless shelter. The tweet is now

deleted. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) founder Jeff Bezos had backed Musk’s

concept

April 10, 2022 Twitter CEO Agrawal shared a word https://twitter.com/paraga/standing/1513354622466867201

on Twitter saying that Musk rejected the corporate’s supply

to hitch its board. Musk deleted the tweet, the place he

responded with an emoticon with a

face-with-hand-over-mouth

April 10, 2022 Musk began a ballot asking if “w” needs to be deleted from

Twitter’s identify, leaving two voting choices, “sure” and “of

course.” He deleted that too

April 9, 2022 With respect to Twitter’s enterprise mannequin, Musk tweeted

earlier than deleting it: “And no adverts. The ability of firms

to dictate coverage is tremendously enhanced if Twitter relies upon

on promoting cash to outlive”

April 9, 2022 Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1512946176244473863,

“Everybody who indicators up for Twitter Blue (ie pays

$3/month) ought to get an authentication checkmark” about

its subscription service that gives “unique entry to

premium options” on a month-to-month foundation. Later, he deleted

the tweet

April 5, 2022 Agrawal tweeted https://twitter.com/paraga/standing/1511320953598357505?s=21&t=Is9i_R_hPKzFuUV5VhxUZQ

Musk is being appointed to Twitter’s board. “He is each a

passionate believer and intense critic of the service

which is precisely what we’d like on

@Twitter, and within the boardroom, to make us stronger within the

long-term”, a follow-on tweet mentioned

April 5, 2022 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey welcomed Musk to Twitter’s board

in a tweet https://twitter.com/jack/standing/1511329369473564677?ref_src=twsrcpercent5Etfwpercent7Ctwcamppercent5Etweetembedpercent7Ctwtermpercent5E1511329369473564677percent7Ctwgrpercent5Epercent7Ctwconpercent5Es1_&ref_url=httpspercent3Apercent2Fpercent2Feconomictimes.indiatimes.compercent2Fmagazinespercent2Fpanachepercent2Fto-celebrate-memelord-elon-musks-twitter-board-entry-netizens-flood-the-internet-with-jokespercent2Farticleshowpercent2F90687616.cms,

added: “Parag and Elon each lead with their hearts, and

they are going to be an unimaginable workforce”

April 4, 2022 Musk posted a Twitter ballot asking customers in the event that they needed an

edit button. “Would you like an edit button?” Musk requested in

the tweet, in response to which Agrawal mentioned the

penalties of the ballot can be necessary. “Please vote

rigorously,” he tweeted

April 4, 2022 In his first tweet for the reason that disclosure of his stake in

Twitter, he mentioned, “Oh hello lol”

March 26, 2022 Musk mentioned Twitter failing to stick to free speech

ideas essentially undermines democracy and requested if

a brand new platform was wanted