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>> no, we hold every account to the same standard. >> the president of the united states called a woman, omarosa, "that dog." would that violate your terms of service? >> so we do have a clause within our terms of service around public interest and newsworthiness. we believe it's important for the world to hear directly from global leaders how they think. and how they treat the people around them. >> that certainly works for twitter's business model. twitter is sell aing a business model that says global leaders, you don't have to turn on the news, they're going to speak directly to you. this ...

To do something. >> yes, but can elon musk get away with this? because maybe there's not regulation tied to twitter specifically. we know knowingly misleading shareholders, specifically if it makes the stock move, and that's what happened here, but he did it on twitter. is that considered an official public channel in the eyes of the sec? >> well, if it's not, that's even worse for musk. i think if he's not doing it in an official public channel in which companies are supposed to release information, that's even a worse predicament for him. i really don't think the twitter issue is the problem...

Opportunity to do a deal that's perhaps more beneficial for them than it is on the terms that musk would ideally want. i think $420 a share buyout, which is what he said in his initial tweet, hard to believe he's going to get the $420 a share that he was expecting. >> it makes absolutely no sense. we do have to remind our audience those critics, those short sellers, have had a rough ride, being short tesla and shareholders have done extraordinarily well. the question now is, is that ta tale about to change. up next, twitter, ceo jack dorsey defends the decision to suspend alex jones instead ...

Politicians trying to regulate it. it's not enough. you got a bunch of software engineers who are trying to move into a space of regulation, balancing free speech concerns and they're not equipped to do it. i appreciate the value set of letting everybody talk and trying to keep it open. that's a real thing. but when you have the misuse of data by cambridge analytica, people who are inciting violence, who have denied the murder of children in school shootings -- >> 5-year-old children. >> these guys better get their act together because the rest of us are watching our country go up in flames be...