Twitter users across the world on Tuesday were coming to terms with a seismic shift for one of the most influential social media platforms after the company agreed to let Elon Musk buy it.

Musk, who became the world’s richest man running electric car maker Tesla, says he’s buying Twitter to defend free speech and not to make money.

And exactly what that means is generating a debate far too big for a single Tweet’s 280-character limit.

CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.