Coverage dated April 25, 2022 to April 26, 2022

Twitter addresses concerns that some accounts lost followers after Musk buy

Headline from Newsweek

Twitter said it has been monitoring the "recent fluctuations in follower counts" after Elon Musk's buyout.

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Reports & sources

6 articles, oldest first.

RedState
Twitter Conservatives Seeing Huge Spike in Followers After Musk Purchase (opens RedState)
Published Apr 25, 2022
RedState's feed description
Elon Musk's Twitter purchase of has brought dramatic change literally overnight.
Newsweek
Twitter addresses concerns that some accounts lost followers after Musk buy (opens Newsweek)
Published Apr 26, 2022
Newsweek's feed description
Twitter said it has been monitoring the "recent fluctuations in follower counts" after Elon Musk's buyout.
Breitbart News
Social Shakeup: Left-Wing Twitter Accounts Lose Followers, Conservatives Gain After Musk Buyout (opens Breitbart News)
Published Apr 26, 2022
Breitbart News's feed description
Left-wing Twitter accounts have been losing followers while conservative accounts gain followers in the wake of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's successful bid to buy the social media company.
France 24
Progressive Twitter accounts lose followers, conservatives gain (opens France 24)
Published Apr 26, 2022
France 24's feed description
Key figures on the American left, Barack Obama among them, have shed thousands of followers since Elon Musk's planned purchase of Twitter emerged, while numbers have soared for right-wing politicians…
Hot Air
What is going on with Twitter follower counts? (Progressives lose followers while conservatives gain them) (opens Hot Air)
Published Apr 26, 2022
Hot Air's feed description
"This is not normal."

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