{"id":3692,"date":"2021-02-03T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T12:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2021-02-03T12:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T12:20:59","slug":"elon-musk-says-hes-taking-a-break-from-twitter-for-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/03\/elon-musk-says-hes-taking-a-break-from-twitter-for-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says he&#8217;s taking a break from Twitter &#8216;for a while&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he was taking a break from Twitter &#8220;for a while&#8221;, after his posts on the platform helped fuel a stock market frenzy that sent the share prices of several companies soaring.<\/p>\n<p>Musk overtook Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world\u2019s wealthiest person last month, with a fortune estimated at $185 billion following a nine-fold surge in Tesla\u2019s share price over the past year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3693\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elon-Musk-says-hes-taking-a-break-from-Twitter-for-a-while-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Elon-Musk-says-hes-taking-a-break-from-Twitter-for-a-while-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elon-Musk-says-hes-taking-a-break-from-Twitter-for-a-while-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.jpg 650w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elon-Musk-says-hes-taking-a-break-from-Twitter-for-a-while-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Off Twitter for a while,&#8221; the Tesla and SpaceX founder told his 44.5 million followers on the platform, not giving a reason for his decision.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted last week in support of a group of retail investors on website Reddit who had coordinated to buy shares in Gamestop, a struggling games company, pushing the chain\u2019s share price up by more than 680%, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Off Twitter for a while<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1356524205374918659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nA post hours later about his love for the retail website Etsy, too, pushed the company\u2019s share price up by as much as 8%, CNBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>The tweets were not the only time Musk moved markets on the platform in recent weeks. When he changed his Twitter profile to read simply &#8220;#bitcoin&#8221; last Friday, the cryptocurrency\u2019s price temporarily skyrocketed by around 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>His presence on the website has caused him legal issues in the past, however.<\/p>\n<p>Musk was forced to step down as chairman of the Tesla\u2019s board in 2018 after a serious run-in with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused him of misleading investors by tweeting about a possible withdrawal of Tesla from the stock exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he was taking a break from Twitter &#8220;for 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