4月25日，社交媒體平臺推特公司接受了埃隆·馬斯克的收購協(xié)議。根據(jù)協(xié)議，馬斯克將以每股54.2美元，總計約440億美元的價格收購推特。

The deal, which was unanimously approved by Twitter's board, is expected to close this year.
這項交易獲得了推特董事會的一致批準，預計將于今年完成。

Twitter stock was up nearly 6% following the announcement of the deal, hovering around $51.84, just shy of the offer price. The deal is pending approval from shareholders and regulators.
交易宣布后，推特股價上漲近6%，徘徊在51.84美元左右，略低于發(fā)行價。該交易正在等待股東和監(jiān)管機構的批準。

Under the terms of the deal, shareholders will receive $54.20 in cash for each share of Twitter stock they own, matching Musk's original offer and marking a 38% premium over the stock price the day before Musk revealed his stake in the company.
交易完成后，推特股東每股可獲得54.2美元現(xiàn)金，與馬斯克最初報價相符，較披露其持股前的最后一個交易日4月1日的收盤價溢價38%。

"The Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon's proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing," Twitter independent board chair Bret Taylor said in a statement, calling the deal " the best path forward for Twitter's stockholders."
推特獨立董事會主席布雷特·泰勒在一份聲明中稱：“董事會進行了深思熟慮，全面評估了馬斯克的提議，重點關注了價值、確定性和融資。我們相信這對推特股東來說是最好的發(fā)展路徑。”

What Musk means for Twitter
馬斯克入主推特，將有哪些改變？

Musk is both a high-profile Twitter user and a controversial one. He has more than 83 million followers on the platform, which he has used over the years for everything from sharing memes and discussing his companies to insulting politicians, and spreading misleading claims about Covid-19 .
馬斯克是一位備受關注、充滿爭議的推特用戶，他擁有超過8300萬名粉絲，多年來一直活躍在推特上，從分享表情包、討論他的公司到抨擊政客，再到傳播關于新冠的誤導性言論。

Musk has repeatedly stressed in recent days that his goal is to bolster free speech on the platform and work to "unlock" Twitter's "extraordinary potential."
最近馬斯克反復強調(diào)，他的目標是支持推特言論自由，并努力“釋放”推特的“非凡潛力”。

長期以來，馬斯克一直抨擊推特缺乏言論自由，并自詡為“言論自由的絕對追隨者”（a free speech absolutist）。《紐約時報》曾發(fā)文表示，馬斯克收購推特可能給全球政治話語環(huán)境帶來巨大影響。

Musk has criticized Twitter's moderation, calling himself a free speech absolutist, and said that Twitter's algorithm for prioritizing tweets should be public, and has criticized giving too much power on the service to corporations that advertise.
馬斯克曾批評推特的審核機制，他自稱言論自由的絕對追隨者，稱推特應當公開其優(yōu)先展示貼文的算法，也批評過推特對做廣告的公司給予了過多權力。

除“言論自由外”，馬斯克也多次表明他希望推特在算法上有所改變。

In his statement Monday, Musk said he wants to "make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans."
馬斯克在4月25日發(fā)聲明稱，他希望“通過加強一些新功能來讓推特變得更好，讓算法開源以增加用戶的信任感，打擊垃圾信息機器人，同時對真人進行身份驗證?！?/p>

Still, some industry experts worry that Musk's desire for free speech on Twitter could mean rolling back some of the platform's work to curb hate speech, misinformation, harassment and other harmful content.
盡管如此，一些業(yè)內(nèi)專家擔心，馬斯克對推特言論自由的追求可能意味著減少該平臺在遏制仇恨言論、虛假信息、騷擾和其他有害內(nèi)容方面的工作。

Others questioned whether Musk might restore former President Donald Trump's account, which was removed early last year for violating Twitter policies against inciting violence following the Capitol Riot. Such a move could have significant ramifications for the upcoming 2024 US presidential election.
其他人則質疑馬斯克是否會恢復美國前總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普的賬戶，該賬戶因在國會騷亂事件后違反推特禁止煽動暴力政策而于去年年初被刪除。此舉可能會對即將到來的2024年美國總統(tǒng)選舉產(chǎn)生重大影響。

不過，特朗普當天表示，他不會重返推特，而是會繼續(xù)留在自己公司新打造的社交媒體平臺“真實社交”（Truth Social）上。

"I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on Truth," Trump told Fox News. "I hope Elon buys Twitter because he'll make improvements to it, and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth."
特朗普接受?？怂剐侣劸W(wǎng)采訪時表示，“我不會重返推特，我會留在Truth上。我希望馬斯克收購推特，因為他能改進推特，而且他是一個好人，但我還是會留在Truth上?！?/p>

來源：CNN, CNBC, 中國日報雙語新聞微信
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