Twitter's candidate? DeSantis launches presidential bid on Musk's platform
Back in 2016, before DeSantis' main rival was first banned then reinstated to Twitter, Donald Trump upended US politics, not just with his 140-word missives and his old-school phone-in interviews, but also the quiet backing of Silicon Valley scions like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and some canny behind-the-scenes data mining, later uncovered in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Back then, Facebook was the battleground. Where will the election be won in 2024?