April 25, 2022:
- Initial investment of $3 billion in Twitter stock, making Musk the company's largest shareholder.
April 14, 2022:
- Twitter's board unanimously approves Musk's offer to acquire the company for $44 billion.
April 25, 2022:
- Musk announces that he is putting the acquisition on hold, citing concerns about the number of bots on the platform.
May 8, 2022:
- Twitter publicly discloses that less than 5% of its monetizable daily active users are bots.
May 13, 2022:
- Musk threatens to walk away from the deal if Twitter does not provide sufficient data on bot accounts.
May 18, 2022:
- Twitter shareholders approve Musk's acquisition offer.
June 2, 2022:
- Musk publicly accuses Twitter of breaching the merger agreement by refusing to provide information on bot accounts.
June 5, 2022:
- Twitter's board maintains that it has provided sufficient information to Musk.
June 30, 2022:
- Musk formally terminates the acquisition agreement, citing concerns about bot accounts, whistleblower allegations, and the company's refusal to provide data.
July 8, 2022:
- Twitter sues Musk in Delaware Chancery Court to force him to complete the acquisition.
August 5, 2022:
- Musk countersues Twitter, seeking to terminate the deal.
October 4, 2022:
- Musk and Twitter reach a settlement and agree to proceed with the acquisition.
October 27, 2022:
- Musk completes the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
October 28, 2022:
- Musk fires Twitter's CEO, CFO, legal counsel, and policy chief.
October 29, 2022:
- Musk announces mass layoffs of approximately 50% of Twitter's workforce.
October 30, 2022:
- Musk dissolves Twitter's board and becomes the company's sole director.
November 1, 2022:
- Musk reinstates previously banned accounts, including former US President Donald Trump.
November 4, 2022:
- Musk launches a poll on Twitter asking users whether he should step down as CEO.
November 19, 2022:
- Musk announces that he will step down as CEO once a suitable replacement is found.
December 4, 2022:
- Tesla shareholders vote to remove Musk as Chairman.
December 21, 2022:
- Twitter suspends the accounts of several prominent journalists who had been covering Musk.
December 22, 2022:
- Twitter un-suspends the journalists' accounts after public backlash.
December 28, 2022:
- Twitter announces changes to its content moderation policy, including allowing more freedom of speech but also cracking down on hate speech and misinformation.
January 19, 2023:
- Twitter announces a new feature allowing users to "self-verify" their accounts with a blue checkmark, but later suspends the feature due to widespread abuse.
February 10, 2023:
- Twitter launches Twitter Blue for Business, a new subscription service for businesses that allows them to display a gold checkmark on their accounts.
March 2, 2023:
- Twitter announces a new policy that bans the promotion of third-party social media platforms on its website.
March 6, 2023:
- Twitter rolls out a new feature that allows users to appeal content moderation decisions.
March 9, 2023:
- Musk tweets that Twitter will be offering a "general amnesty" to suspended accounts that have not engaged in "egregious spam or self-promotion."
Present:
- Twitter continues to evolve under Musk's leadership, as he implements various changes to the platform's policies, features, and workforce.
