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What Elon wants: Is Twitter buyout a victory for free speech or disinformation?
Twitter is certainly a bullhorn and the boss of Tesla and SpaceX certainly has opinions: a free speech absolutist, Musk lets loose in his tweets, for instance once calling Canada's prime minister a Nazi over Covid-19 restrictions. Who decides on what grounds whether someone like Donald Trump stays banned or gets restored to the platform?
Elon Musk sets sights on Twitter: Decrypting the billionnaire's eccentric ambitions
Also in the US, a lawmaker from Michigan is making waves for an impassioned speech she made on the floor of the State Capitol. Senator Mallory McMorrow is defending herself against false GOP claims that Democrats want to groom schoolchildren.
Me, myself and my iPhone: Selfie museum opens in Sweden
Staying in Paris, Antoni Gaudi's architectural achievements are in the spotlight at the Musée d’Orsay and "Machu Picchu and the treasures of Peru" tells the story of 3,000 years of Inca culture at the Palais de Chaillot.
Matt Le Tissier steps aside from Southampton role after backlash over Ukraine tweet
Matt Le Tissier has stood down from his role as a Southampton ambassador after a backlash over a controversial social media post on the war in Ukraine.
Violinist becomes social media sensation after playing from Kharkiv bomb shelter
A musician dubbed the “cellar violinist” has become a social media sensation after playing to comfort fellow Ukrainians in a bomb shelter in the besieged city of Kharkiv.
'Shoot, we are unarmed': Verified videos show Ukrainians confronting Russian soldiers
Unarmed Ukrainian citizens have been filmed confronting Russian soldiers across the country amid the invasion.
Is Queen Elizabeth II taking ivermectin? TV blunder fuels false rumours about her COVID treatment
On Sunday, it was announced that the world's longest-reigning current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, had tested positive for COVID-19.