The debate is especially fraught for people of color who have used Twitter to network and elevate their voices, while also confronting toxicity on the platform.

After floating the idea of charging users $20 a month for the “blue check” and some extra features, he appeared to quickly scale it back in a Twitter exchange with author Stephen King.

Silence from new leaders has bewildered workers, who are turning to private chats, anonymous apps and Elon Musk’s tweets for basic information.

Elon Musk says Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that — a process that will take at least a few weeks.

An internal memo raises red flags ‘related to copyrighted content, creator/user trust issues, and legal compliance,’ but the company appears willing to rush out the feature anyway.