Twitter reinstates Trump’s account, after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll where 51.8% of 15M+ users voted yes to reinstatement, saying “the people have spoken” (Reuters)

Herb Scribner / Axios:
Musk is running a Twitter poll on reinstating Donald Trump, after saying in October that Twitter will form a “content moderation council” to make such decisions  —  Elon Musk dropped a 24-hour poll on his own Twitter feed Friday night asking whether or not to reinstate former President Trump to the social media platform.

Svea Herbst-Bayliss / Reuters:
Sources: a majority of Twitter’s shareholders have voted in favor of the $44B sale to Musk, whose $54.20 per share deal looks pricey in the current environment  —  A majority of Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) shareholders have voted in favor of the social media company’s $44 billion sale to Elon Musk …

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump’s lawyer says a lawsuit against Twitter over banning his account is ongoing and Trump does not plan to withdraw the appeal, complicating his return  —  Elon Musk has tweeted that Donald Trump will be reinstated on Twitter, but the former president isn’t backing down in his legal fight …

Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump says he sees “a lot of problems at Twitter”, doesn’t see any reason to return, and plans to stick to Truth Social  —  Donald Trump said he sees “a lot of problems at Twitter” and will stick to his own social-media platform, offering an initial response to Elon Musk’s poll …

Reuters:
Sources: Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy, seeking to own majority or even controlling stakes in overseas targets, mainly in gaming companies in Europe  —  Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies …

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Musk says Twitter will lift suspension of accounts that “doxxed my location”, after he ran a poll resulting in 58.7% users voting for immediate unsuspension  —  (The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.)  Out of the two poll options, “now” won with 58.7 percent of the responses, beating “in 7 days.”