http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220421-182358-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/musks-bid-to-buy-twitter/ Shareholder Power as a Constitutionalising Force: Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy Twitter De Gregorio, Giovanni Dunn, Pietro Pollicino, Oreste eng 2022-04-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Elon Musk Free Speech Social Media Twitter Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 14 April 2022, billionaire Elon Musk came with one of his extravagant ideas: he offered to buy Twitter. According to Musk, who is already majority shareholder, the bid was motivated by his will to fully “unlock” the online platform’s potential as a space for free speech across the globe. This episode calls for a reflection on the future of online platforms as digital spaces for the flourishing of public debate and democracy.