'Overpaying' Musk on deadline to close Twitter deal

Elon Musk's stewardship of Twitter is expected to open the gates to more abusive and misleading posts as he follows through on a vow to dial back content moderation.

If Elon Musk completes his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, he will be free to layoff employees, replace board members and let former US president Donald Trump back on the platform

Elon Musk looks set to meet a Friday deadline to seal his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter, avoiding a trial over the $44 billion contract that he admits is overpriced.

Musk tried to step back from the Twitter deal soon after his unsolicited offer was accepted, and said in July he was canceling the contract because he was misled by Twitter over the number of fake "bot" accounts -- allegations rejected by the company.