Ahead of the official closing of his Twitter purchase, Elon Musk released an open statement on Thursday to advertisers to explain his reasons for acquiring the platform, which includes “to help humanity.” “It is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence,” the billionaire said, explaining his concern that social media has the power to “generate more hate and divide our society” into extremist echo chambers. In the letter titled “Dear Twitter advertisers,” Musk said…