In Pics, 12 Biggest Controversies Of 2022 - Ukraine War To Will Smith Slap
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Russia invading Ukraine, worldwide economic gloom, inflation, and various other factors delivered a year never experienced before.
2022 could be defined as the year of freedom as Covid cases stooped to its lowest and restrictions eased. But political instability resonated in hardships and humanitarian sufferings across the world. Russia invading Ukraine, worldwide economic gloom, inflation, and various other factors delivered a year never experienced before. Be it Elon Musk's Twitter takeover or actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock on the Oscars stage, 2022 will be remembered as an eventful one. Here are the top 10 controversies that made 2022 memorable:
Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
One of the biggest corporate acquisitions of 2022 has been billionaire Elon Musk's "hostile" takeover of microblogging platform Twitter. The $44 billion deal that saw his to-and-fro over bots issue ended with him taking over the company in October. "Let that sink in," tweeted Musk on October 27 with a video of him entering the Twitter headquarters with a sink, literally. Controversies, however, persist with him continuing with radical changes to Twitter, including layoffs and the blue tick feature.
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