San Francisco (AFP) – 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.  Musk, the world’s richest man, struck a deal Monday to buy the US-based social media platform for $44 billion. The news was greeted with enthusiasm by fans of Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, and horror by proponents of strong moderation of disinformation and hate speech.  Promises to leave the platform trended under hashtags such as #LeaveTwitter. Within h…

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