Musk takes over Twitter account from a San Francisco photographer

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Elon Musk has taken over the @x Twitter account without paying its owner as part of the social network’s ongoing rebrand.

Gene X Hwang, a photographer from San Francisco, was behind the social network’s “@x” handle until Tuesday night when it was changed to the official account for X, Mr Musk’s new name for Twitter.

Mr Hwang had said he had been willing to entertain a sale of the @x account, which was registered in 2007, but that he simply received an email on Tuesday saying that it was being taken over by the company.

“They just took it essentially – kinda what I thought might happen.”
Mr Hwang said he had been offered some X merchandise and a meeting with the company’s management, but was not offered any financial incentive.
He said: “They did send an email saying it is the property of ‘x’ essentially.”

Before it was transferred, Mr Hwang said he would be willing to sell it at the right price. 

Single letter Twitter accounts – mostly created in the site’s early months before most people had heard of the social network – are seen as the service’s most valuable. In the past, single letter accounts are believed to have changed hands for tens of thousands of dollars. One user, @n, has said they were offered $50,000.
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Greedy pig Musk.

however, Gaga did steal amenfashion on Tumblr LMAO and the original got amenfashion1 

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2 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

offered some X merchandise

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5 minutes ago, COOOK said:

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The million dollar question is: will they give it back to her when they are blocked from using the letter X that apparently has been already copyrighted all over? 

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Should have given him @Twitter as a compensation But this happens a lot when celebrity and brand accounts take over existing names