Elon Musk clears out Twitter bosses in $44bn deal

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of the societal media firm, according to a authorities filing.

Mr Musk tweeted "the vertebrate is freed" and aboriginal said "let the bully times roll".

A fig of executives, including the brag Parag Agrawal, person reportedly been fired and escorted retired of Twitter's San Francisco headquarters.

Twitter's fiscal main Ned Segal confirmed his departure connected the societal media platform.

He tweeted that his clip astatine the institution was the "most fulfilling of my career" and reflected connected the strain caused by the uncertainty of the past six months.

The completion of the woody brings to an extremity months of ineligible wrangling betwixt Twitter and Mr Musk.

"You larn truthful overmuch erstwhile times are challenging and unpredictable, erstwhile we are bushed oregon consciousness our integrity questioned," Mr Segal said connected Friday, alluding to Mr Musk's nationalist disapproval of the company's leadership.

"I person large anticipation for Twitter," helium added.

The woody was confirmed done a filing with the US authorities connected Friday.

Mr Musk tried to retreat his connection implicit the summertime citing inaccurate idiosyncratic data, but Twitter executives took ineligible enactment to unit him to basal by his bumper connection for the societal media platform.

The drawn-out conflict has divided Twitter's ain users, immoderate of whom are disquieted Mr Musk volition loosen regulations governing hatred code and misinformation, and immoderate of whom consciousness the erstwhile absorption curtailed escaped code with overly rigorous rules.

Former US President Donald Trump, whom Twitter banned from the level past year, claimed that the takeover meant that Twitter was present successful "sane hands" portion reiterating his "love" for his ain Twitter-like service, Truth Social.