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Twitter on Monday had accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover offer.
Jeff Bezos took to Twitter to ask if Tesla’s business dealings in China would give him leverage over the company.
Twitter has been banned in mainland China since June 2009 from the country’s “Great Firewall. “
Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asked his nearly four million fans aloud whether Tesla’s ties to Chinese suppliers could give the country influence on Twitter after the social media platform accepted Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s takeover offer.
On Monday, Twitter announced it had accepted Musk’s takeover offer totaling $44 billion after he first resisted tesla’s CEO’s takeover proposal. The deal is expected to close this year, the social media platform said, pending feedback from shareholders and others. regulatory details.
New York Times reporter Mike Forsyth noted in a tweet that the electric car company’s largest market in 2021 in China and that Chinese battery makers are the main suppliers of Tesla vehicles. Tesla’s giant factory in Shanghai is at the center of the global source company, being its largest production plant in the world, according to the Observer.
Forsyth also questioned whether China could gain influence on Twitter through the deal, a factor that Jeff Bezos, a longtime rival to Musk, echoed in one of his own tweets.
“Interesting question,” Bezos wrote in Tuesday’s tweet. Has the Chinese government just gained some influence over the people’s square?
Since June 2009, Twitter has been banned in mainland China from the country’s “Great Firewall,” which also blocks other major social media platforms such as Facebook.
It’s rarely the first time Bezos has intervened in Musk’s twitter takeover. Earlier this month, he tweeted a May 2020 report from Geekwire about a family homeless shelter attached to Amazon’s Seattle headquarters and recommended converting at least a portion of Twitter’s headquarters into a homeless shelter. In response, Musk tweeted that it was a “good idea. ” Bezos’ tweet has since been deleted.
In December, Musk laughed poking around at Bezos when he tweeted a silver medal-winning emoji to Amazon’s founder. Musk had told Forbes in the past that he would send Bezos, once the world’s richest user, a silver medal. when he crowned the list of media billionaires.
Musk is lately the richest user in the world with a net income of $219 billion, according to Forbes. He is followed by Bezos, who has about $171 billion.
Musk did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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