Elon Musk says Twitter rules will ‘evolve over time’, but for now these are unchanged

[ad_1] Elon Musk has tweeted that, “Twitter rules will evolve over time”, though he added that the rules remain unchanged for now. Musk’s tweet included a link to the Twitter community guidelines. Twitter’s new owner has in the past talked about how the platform will get a new moderation council with diverse viewpoints which will […]

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Twitter fires more than 90% of India staff, leaving just a dozen

[ad_1] Twitter Inc. fired more than 90% of its staff in India over the weekend – part of global reductions by new owner Elon Musk – severely depleting its engineering and product staff in a potential growth market.The company employed just over 200 people in India, and the cuts left it with just about a […]

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Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter: 5 latest developments so far

[ad_1] But now, the fun and games are over and it is time for Elon Musk to prove that he can turn around the fortunes of the company amidst rising pressure from creditors and advertisers alike. As part of these efforts, Musk has announced a set of sweeping changes to the platform, including charging $8 […]

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Musk’s Twitter updates app to start charging $8 for blue checkmark

[ad_1] Twitter on Saturday updated its app in Apple’s App Store to begin charging $8 for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk’s first major revision of the social media platform. The change comes a week after Musk took over the social media company in a $44 billion deal. The billionaire entrepreneur and CEO […]

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

[ad_1] 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 […]

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Lawyer suing Twitter over layoffs says Musk trying to comply

[ad_1] 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 […]

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Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Musk without enough notice

[ad_1] 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 […]

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Twitter to start layoffs today: Internal email

[ad_1] Twitter will tell employees by email on Friday about whether they have been laid off, temporarily closing its offices and preventing staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company’s future under new owner Elon Musk. The social media company said in an email to staff that it will alert employees by 9 […]

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Advertisers begin to grill Elon Musk over Twitter ‘free-for-all’

[ad_1] Elon Musk promised advertisers he would keep Twitter from turning into a “free-for-all hellscape.” This week, advertisers are beginning to demand details on how he plans to uphold the commitment. A media buyer at one major ad agency, who declined to be named for fear of reprisal, said the agency would meet with Musk […]

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Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover: 5 prominent executives who left the company

[ad_1] Ever since he took over as the CEO, Elon Musk has introduced a slew of changes in Twitter, including an $8 Blue subscription that’ll also fetch subscribers a blue tick. And the list of changes isn’t limited to the platform alone, as the CEO is also planning on a major restructuring of his company, […]

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