The deal was sealed on October 27, 2022 —Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion. His first order of business is to clean the house. He immediately fires Parag Agrawal as CEO as well as other top-level executives.
Massive updates are being rolled out on the platform as well. The most shocking, so far, is the paid verification service. Users can pay a monthly fee of $7.99 to get and keep their blue check.
In other breaking Twitter news, Elon Musk has reinstated the accounts of users who were previously on a permanent ban. These controversial figures are Donald Trump, Kanye West, and Andrew Tate.