Twitter was successfully acquired by Musk, and the House Republicans asked Musk to release Trump's account!

Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in a deal that would transfer control of the social media platform with millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest man.

Twitter's current and former employees in Ireland fear the company will be forced to "pull out" from its European headquarters in Dublin as Musk takes over.

The deal would also end Twitter's run as a public company since its initial public offering in 2013, and Twitter's stock jumped 5.9% around 7:15 p.m. on news of the successful acquisition.

As the two sides agreed on the terms of the agreement, several employees began chatting about their concerns about Musk's public desire to ease content regulations.

"I wouldn't be surprised if this was the start of an exodus of employees," said one senior person.

"The idea that we need less content moderation is crazy," said another.

A spokesman for Twitter in Ireland declined to comment.

Musk said he believes moderation rules on social media platforms have become too restrictive, posing a threat to free speech around the world.

However, Musk-owned Twitter will face a challenge from the EU's newly passed Digital Services Act, which will further tighten content moderation rules and impose fines of up to 6% of global turnover on social media platforms that flout the stricter rules .

Twitter's European policy is largely negotiated and decided in its offices in Dublin 2.

Policy chiefs, including senior executives Sinéad McSweeney and Ronan Costello, are likely to be swayed by the liberal Musk and the European Commission's "safer internet" goals.

On Monday night, Twitter agreed to sell to Tesla CEO Elon Musk for around $44 billion (41 billion euros) at $54.2 a share. Musk said it was his "best and final" offer for the social media company.

He acquired the company in his personal capacity, and Tesla was not involved. The move will almost certainly mean Musk needs to sell a large chunk of his Tesla stock.

Market analysts see this as a brave move, as Twitter's financials have been disappointing compared to other social media platforms.

It has only recently become profitable, and its commercial value is a fraction of that of giants like Meta, Google or TikTok.

The apparent shift in Twitter's board's attitude to Musk's proposal could also indicate a lack of confidence in the leadership of recently-appointed CEO Parag Agrawal, who is unable to significantly boost Twitter's revenue and profitability.

Just last week, the board adopted a "poison pill" strategy to block Musk's takeover.

However, it now appears that Musk's sideline plan to take over Twitter may come to fruition. If so, the Dublin office faces a difficult journey.