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Why Musk's Twitter 2.0 Will Test EU's Resolve

In this long read, Chris O'Brien breaks down exactly what drove Elon Musk's hostile takeover of Twitter, what happened when he took over, and why he has a problem with the EU and Thierry Breton.

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Dec 02, 2022
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Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus, 2018) and EU Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union, Thierry Breton (CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP)

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is a journalist and acting editor of The French Tech Journal, a publication covering the transformation of the French Tech ecosystem, as well as the reinvention of the entrepreneurial and innovat…

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An American journalist based in the Paris region, and living in France since 2014. Previously, I spent 15 years covering Silicon Valley for the LA Times and San Jose Mercury News. I'm also the editor of The French Tech Journal newsletter.
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