The newest departures mean the platform is losing workers just at it is gears up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which opens Sunday. It’s one of Twitter’s busiest events, when tweet surges heavily stress its systems.
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SpaceX complaint says 9 workers illegally fired for criticizing Musk, company culture
Several employees were terminated in June over an open letter, which called Musk’s behavior ‘a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us.’
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Musk to remaining Twitter staff: Go ‘hardcore’ or leave
Elon Musk has asked employees to decide by Thursday evening if they want to remain a part of the business, according to an email sent by the company’s new owner to its remaining staff.
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A fake tweet sparked panic at Eli Lilly and may have cost Twitter millions
By Friday morning, Eli Lilly executives had ordered a halt to all Twitter ad campaigns.
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Sen. Markey, Musk exchange barbs on impersonation scandal
The spat began after a Washington Post columnist wrote that he had impersonated Markey, with his permission, to show how easy it is to get a blue check mark under Twitter’s new verification system.
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Biden says Elon Musk’s foreign connections are ‘worth being looked at’
President Biden said the new Twitter owner’s ‘cooperation’ with other countries deserves scrutiny, adding he wasn’t suggesting Musk was ‘doing anything inappropriate.’
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Twitter survival at stake, Musk warns as remote work ends
The exodus at Twitter is ongoing, including the company’s chief information security officer Lea Kissner, putting the company at ‘serious risk of a breach’ cybersecurity experts say.
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Elon Musk sells $3.95 billion worth of Tesla stock
In all, Musk has sold more than $19 billion worth of Tesla stock since April, likely to fund his share of the Twitter purchase.
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Musk lays out vision for Twitter in public meeting with advertisers
A coterie of large advertisers and marketing agencies have said they will slow down or pause spending on the site while they assess how Musk operates it.
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Elon Musk walks back on Twitter job cuts, blue checks in second week
The social-media company laid off close to 3,700 people on Friday, only to reach out soon thereafter to dozens of employees who it decided were either fired in error or too essential.