I think part of the joke is that it seems to me that some people think that even if someone is in a committed romantic relationship, it’s okay to sleep with others until they’re married because a committed romantic relationship is not official; it’s informal. In other words, it’s only cheating if they’re married. Otherwise, it’s fair game because it’s not official.
I saw a video online by an “ex” CIA agent saying that the way the US spies on its citizens isn’t through shady espionage like wire tapping and private investigators. The FBI merely goes to info corporations like Google, AT&T, Facebook, etc. and buys the user’s information. I think that was an underlying goal of Musk’s. He wanted the user info on people that were using Twitter for political purposes worldwide. The value of Twitter wasn’t just it’s monetary value, but the power that came with owning that information.