Here is a fact-checked and supplemented chronology, with corrections and credible detail added where needed:

1. April 14, 2022: Elon Musk makes an offer to buy Twitter for $44 billion

2. Musk claims that for Twitter to gain public trust it must be “politically neutral”

3. October 27, the deal is made

4. October 28, Nancy Pelosi attack and Musk conspiracy tweet

5. November 18, Twitter begins to unlock previously banned accounts like Andrew Tate

6. December 8, three members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council resign, citing research on hate speech

7. December 11, the remaining Trust and Safety Council members are dismissed

8. December 14–16, the @ElonJet account and journalists are banned

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9. February 12, 2023: Musk and Biden tweet during Super Bowl; Musk alters algorithm

10. July 23, Twitter becomes X

11. August 24, 2023: Trump returns to X with mugshot

12. Four days later, X reverses its ban on paid political advertising

13. November 15: Musk replies, “you have said the actual truth” to antisemitic post

14. Major advertisers pause spending

15. Musk promotes false claim about Democrats and immigration

16. Musk worked illegally in US in the 1990s