The World’s richest man has taken over microblogging and social media site Twitter.

After completing his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter on the eve of a deadline given by the US court to avoid going to trial, Musk tweeted, “The bird is freed."

Twitter has a bluebird as its logo.

Musk’s desire is to see the company have fewer limits on content that can be posted.

In the past Musk has mentioned, he wants to prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division.

Other goals Musk wishes to achieve include wanting to "defeat" spam bots on Twitter and making the algorithms that determine how content is presented to its users publicly available.

Before closing the acquisition, Musk walked into Twitter's headquarters on Wednesday 27th October 2022, subsequently tweeting "let that sink in." He changed his description in his Twitter profile to "Chief Twit."

Soon after the takeover, he fired a number of top executives of the company, including the Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, policy chief Vijaya Gadde, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett, as per various media reports.

The Twitter takeover deal began on April 4, when he disclosed a 9.2 percent stake in the company, making him its largest shareholder.