"Can you buy Twitter and then delete it, please!? xx" Riley allegedly texted Musk on March 24. It wasn't until April 14 that the billionaire offered to purchase the social media company. In the texts, "TJ" called social media the "scourge of modern life" and dubbed Twitter "worst of all." "Maybe buy it and change it to properly support free speech xx," Musk texted back.

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Persons: Elon Musk, TJ, Elon Musk's, Talulah Jane Riley, —, Talulah Riley texted, Riley, Musk, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, Joe Rogan, Raiyah Bint Al, Hussein, Jordan, Rachel Levine, Mary Bennet Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Twitter Locations: America, British