{"id":1749730,"date":"2022-11-23T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T19:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749730"},"modified":"2022-11-23T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T19:32:52","slug":"elon-musk-reveals-where-he-might-open-a-second-twitter-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-reveals-where-he-might-open-a-second-twitter-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Reveals Where He Might Open A Second Twitter Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-reveals-where-he-might-open-a-second-twitter-headquarters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> is open to launching a second headquarters for the social media platform in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During an all-hands meeting with Twitter employees on Monday, the world\u2019s richest man addressed whether he would move the firm\u2019s headquarters from San Francisco, <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>, noting that a \u201cdual-headquartered\u201d company would accurately reflect the motive behind his acquisition, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/21\/23472025\/elon-musk-twitter-hiring-again-ending-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Verge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to move the headquarters to Texas I think it would play into the idea that Twitter has gone from being left-wing to right-wing, which is not the case,\u201d he told employees. \u201cThis is not a right-wing takeover of Twitter. It is a moderate-wing takeover of Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk has previously warned that social media censorship worsens ideological silo effects. \u201cThe reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,\u201d he explained in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/read-it-elon-musk-explains-why-he-bought-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> addressed to advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who also leads publicly-traded automaker Tesla and private rocket venture SpaceX, added during the meeting that \u201cto be the digital town square, we must represent people with a wide array of views even if we disagree with those views.\u201d He expects that the social media company will \u201chave a lot of mistakes\u201d and \u201cstabilize over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The multibillionaire previously moved Tesla\u2019s headquarters to the Lone Star State after antagonism from officials in California, the electric car manufacturer\u2019s former home. He said he grew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-says-tesla-moving-headquarters-from-california-to-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly frustrated<\/a> as government lockdowns prevented the reopening of his companies during the spring of 2020, calling the phenomenon \u201cthe final straw.\u201d Democratic lawmakers and other leftists have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-senator-calls-for-investigation-to-see-if-twitter-is-influenced-by-saudis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">balked<\/a> amid the Twitter acquisition and Musk\u2019s plans to revise the platform\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-outlines-new-content-moderation-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">content moderation<\/a> policies to promote free expression for all viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>While a factory for Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-dons-cowboy-hat-to-launch-new-tesla-factory-in-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened<\/a> near Austin several months ago, SpaceX has major launch facilities in the region. Brain machine startup Neuralink and tunnel construction venture The Boring Company, both projects initiated by Musk, also have operations in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Some investors had already forecasted that Musk would consider Texas as a new home for Twitter. Dan Ives, an analyst from investment firm Wedbush Securities, said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/elon-musk-bringing-twitter-texas-whats-next-billionaire-dissolves-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox Business that central Texas \u201chas become the foundation of the Musk ecosystem\u201d and predicted that \u201cit\u2019s a matter of when, not if, Musk opens up a Twitter Austin office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Technology companies are known to establish headquarters near robust talent pools. Austin already has a significant presence from leaders in the industry because of a large student population, the absence of individual income taxes and corporate income taxes, and economic zoning opportunities, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchamber.com\/economic-development\/key-industries\/corporate-headquarters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Austin Chamber. Firms such as Apple, Dell, Meta, General Motors, and Oracle have major corporate and regional headquarters in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the discussion about relocating the company, Musk told employees that mass dismissals at Twitter would cease. Although he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/read-it-elon-musk-sends-blunt-message-to-3700-fired-twitter-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reduced<\/a> payroll by half and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-officially-takes-over-twitter-as-sale-is-now-final-top-execs-fired-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> several executives in the days after he purchased the company, Musk encouraged workers to refer individuals skilled in engineering and sales. \u201cIn terms of critical hires, I would say people who are great at writing software are the highest priority,\u201d he said during the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk is open to launching a second headquarters for the social media platform in Texas. During an all-hands meeting with Twitter employees on Monday, the world\u2019s richest man addressed whether he would move the firm\u2019s headquarters from San Francisco, California, noting that a \u201cdual-headquartered\u201d company would accurately reflect the motive behind his &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1715469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1715469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}