# Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/twitter-adopts-poison-pill-defense-to-block-elon-musk-takeover/50398>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** musk, via-techcrunch, twitter\
**Created:** [16 April 2022 12:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/twitter-adopts-poison-pill-defense-to-block-elon-musk-takeover/50398 "2022-04-16T12:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2022 16:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/twitter-adopts-poison-pill-defense-to-block-elon-musk-takeover/50398/5 "2022-04-18T16:50:44Z")

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> [@brennan](#):
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> What would be the consequences if Elon Musk takes over Twitter? Will it be bad for everyone?

See this thread/vid:

> [@Elon Musk snaps up $3bn Twitter stake](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/elon-musk-snaps-up-3bn-twitter-stake/48413/3):
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> Some background : [[Why Elon Musk Wants To Buy Twitter] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qveg6ZjaSFI) So to Musk hate-speech==free-speech roll_eyes

Basically musk wants more free/hate-speech. I hope the Twitter team keep him out - there’s enough hate in the world as it is, the last thing we need is someone like him stoking things up.

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