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Here is how the protracted deal developed.

Twitter executives have reportedly been fired and escorted out of the company's headquarters after Elon Musk completed his £37.9 billion purchase of the website

Some advise using the app’s filters to block haters while others rejoice at Trump’s possible second coming to the platform

Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company's general counsel, two people familiar with the deal said.

After six months of wrangling and delaying tactics, Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter finally closed late Thursday, according to reports — leaving Twitter employees facing a very different picture than the one they contemplated in April.

Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, putting the world’s richest man in charge of the struggling social network after six months of public and legal wrangling over the deal.

The departures come just hours before a deadline set by a judge to finalise the deal on Friday

Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal, policy and trust at the company sacked by billionaire after $44bn purchase

At least four Twitter executives are leaving.