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A Book Detailing Elon Musk’s Twitter Fiasco Is Already within the Works

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A Book Detailing Elon Musk’s Twitter Fiasco Is Already within the Works

A book on Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is already in the works

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A e-book detailing Elon Musk’s chaotic Twitter takeover is already within the works. Ben Mezrich, the writer of “The Accidental Billionaires” which turned the inspiration for the movie “The Social Network,” introduced he will likely be publishing his new e-book “Breaking Twitter” subsequent 12 months.

The author took to, nicely, Twitter, to tease his work, saying, A little announcement. My next nonfiction book: Breaking Twitter. This one is gonna be quite a ride.” And he’s most likely not unsuitable. For anybody following alongside, Musk’s takeover has had all of the ups and downs of a carnival experience.

It’s a e-book Merzich’s losing no time getting revealed. He informed The Wall Street Journal he takes pleasure in turning round books rapidly and mentioned he has by no means spent greater than six months writing a e-book. Mezrich additionally mentioned it’s essential for him to inform tales that should be informed, no matter whether or not it has a finite ending. “Moving fast is extremely important,” he informed the outlet. “If the whole world is excited by something, you want to be a part of the conversation.”

Musk provided to purchase Twitter for $44 billion in April of this 12 months and formally took management of the platform in late October. Under Musk, Twitter laid off round 3,700 individuals almost half of its workforce, and lifted controversial suspensions and bans for customers who beforehand broke the platform’s guidelines on issues like spouting conspiracy theories, misinformation and hate speech.

“Elon Musk is one of the most complex characters of our time,” Mezrich informed The Wall Street Journal and mentioned “Breaking Twitter” will embody “the culture clash between the right and the left, but also about what free speech means.”

He mentioned he has primarily put forth effort into books which have film potential, like his GameStop e-book, “The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees,” which was revealed because the story unfolded. “The Antisocial Network” was revealed in September 2021, and is now in post-production for the film model titled “Dumb Money.”

Although “Breaking Twitter” continues to be within the writing levels, it’s probably additionally going to be become a film. Merzich additionally wrote on Twitter, “Gonna be an interesting year! Movie news coming soon :):):):)

The e-book, “Breaking Twitter” is about to be launched within the fall of 2023.


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