Activist Elliot Must Have Been Threatened into Retreating on his Move Agaisnt Twitter CEO Dorsey. Activist accumulated a 4% ownership of Twitter and then demanded the ousting of Dorsey as CEO due to censorship of conservative voices on Twitter. 1 week later he sells back 2B in shares, adds one of his firm partners to twitter's board, signs and agreement to not comment on or try to influence policy at Twitter and Dorsey stays in power at Twitter.   https://siliconangle.com/2020/03/09/striking-truce-activist-investor-twitter-agrees-buy-back-2b-shares/ So what did they do to him to make him back off?   His partner at his firm does get a seat on twitters boards, but the board is being restructured to prevent takeovers/ moves like this one against the corp.  The agreement requires Elliot and his firm, the activist to not comment on or try to influence any policies or rules at twitter.  I can only think the adding of the Elliot firm board member is for appearances that Elliot got something out of the deal.  I don't see that he did.   So was it bribery, extortion, or blackmail that forced Elliot to back off?   Sad this didn't work.  But no one can take these people on short of the US military.