lon Musk took away the @X username on Twitter without paying the owner anything

The account had been owned by San Francisco-based photographer Jin Hwang since 2007. When the rebranding of the social network began, he expected to be approached with an offer to buy the username.

But the photographer simply received a letter saying that his account was being taken over by the company. In return, he was promised souvenirs or a meeting with Twitter's management, but not money. However, the photographer refused the offer.