Musk starts assembling new cadre of leaders inside Twitter

Musk starts assembling new cadre of leaders inside Twitter

Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter Inc. two weeks ago and immediately pushed out almost all of its top executives, has started to assemble a new group of senior leaders atop the social network. The company started reshuffling teams this week following a massive round of job cuts that eliminated roughly half of its 7,000-plus workers […]

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Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work

Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work

New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it. Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, […]

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Elon Musk tries to soothe safe-space concerns of Twitter advertisers

Elon Musk tries to soothe safe-space concerns of Twitter advertisers

Elon Musk tried to quell the concerns of advertisers that Twitter under his leadership may not be a safe place for brand marketing, acknowledging the platform needs to remove or hide hate speech and other unsavoury posts. “It stands to reason that if somebody is advertising that they do not want super negative information right […]

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Elon Musk sells .95 billion worth of Tesla stock

Elon Musk sells $3.95 billion worth of Tesla stock

Elon Musk’s personal net worth dropped below $200 billion on Nov. 8, according to Forbes, but he is still the world’s richest person Elon Musk’s personal net worth dropped below $200 billion on Nov. 8, according to Forbes, but he is still the world’s richest person Twitter’s new owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has […]

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Facing a tide of criticism, Elon Musk Is tweeting through it

Facing a tide of criticism, Elon Musk Is tweeting through it

Under pressure and facing a wave of criticism, Elon Musk has increasingly turned to his favorite release valve: Twitter. Since Saturday, Musk, the world’s richest man and the new owner of Twitter, has embarked on a tweeting spree so voluminous that he is on a pace to post more than 750 times this month, or […]

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Musk sparks debate on content accuracy with new vision for Twitter

Musk sparks debate on content accuracy with new vision for Twitter

Twitter Inc’s new CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday the social media platform’s mission was to become the most accurate source of information about the world, sparking debate about how it would achieve that and who determines what is accurate. A flurry of drastic measures including sacking half the staff and charging users that Musk […]

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Twitter impersonators will be suspended permanently, Musk says

Twitter impersonators will be suspended permanently, Musk says

Elon Musk said on Sunday Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a “parody” account will be permanently suspended without a warning. In a separate tweet, Musk said Twitter previously issued a warning before suspension, but as Twitter is rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning as well as “no […]

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Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for ‘massive’ ad revenue drop

Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for ‘massive’ ad revenue drop

Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concerns about content moderation. Tweets by staff of the social media company said teams responsible for communications, content curation, human rights and machine learning ethics were […]

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Lawyer suing Twitter over layoffs says Musk trying to comply

Lawyer suing Twitter over layoffs says Musk trying to comply

The lawyer who sued Twitter Inc. “pre-emptively” on the eve of mass layoffs by Elon Musk said she’s “pleased” to learn at least some employees will continue being paid until Jan. 4. Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan said Friday that the billionaire “is making an effort to comply” with the law, less than half a day after […]

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Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Musk without enough notice

Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Musk without enough notice

Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law. A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Francisco federal court. Twitter intends to start cutting staff Friday, the company said […]

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