Kanye West is to buy the social media platform Parler
Mr Trump ended up launching his own social media platform, Truth Social,
which has seen a recent surge in popularity following the FBI raid on the former president's Florida estateTruth Social advertises itself similarly to Parler, promising a"big tent approach" free of censorship. Its tag line on the Google Play Store implores potential users to"follow the truth".Musk, meanwhile, has said the driving force behindis a will to uphold free speech, and the world's richest man has said he would overturn Mr Trump's ban.
After a tumultuous few months in which Musk committed to and then attempted to back out of buying Twitter, he has been given a court-issued deadline of 28 October to close the deal or face a trial.
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