# BREAKING: Elon Musk Secures Deal to Purchase Twitter

By Human Events · Published 2022-04-25 · News & Analysis › Media · https://humanevents.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-secures-deal-to-purchase-twitter

> Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk reached a deal with Twitter Monday to purchase the social media platform for a whopping $44 billion. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a statement. Following the news, \[…\]

Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk reached a deal with Twitter Monday to purchase the social media platform for a whopping $44 billion.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a [statement](https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/musk/2022/04/25/id/1067160/).

Following the news, Twitter’s shares were up about 6 percent.