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Yes. The law doesn't bind directors to maximize shareholders value.

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/3pv8bh/comment/cw9t52d...

I could be wrong but I don't think Twitter is a B corp.

Twitter is not a B-Corp indeed. However any company, not just B-Corps, can have a purpose other than shareholders value maximization. Check this article: https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12660

There's an easily searchable index of B-Corps: https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp

>any company, not just B-Corps, can have a purpose other than shareholders value maximization.

It's moving there but I don't think it's there quite yet according to case law. The board motivations at present still have to tie back to maximizing value for shareholders.

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