‘Chief Twit’ takes management
Musk completes his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, instantly firing plenty of the corporate’s prime executives and tweeting “the fowl is freed”.
Earlier than formally taking cost of the corporate, Musk modified his Twitter profile to learn “Chief Twit” and turned as much as Twitter HQ in San Francisco carrying a sink, saying: “Let that sink in!”
Pledge remodeled hate speech
Musk responds to issues that he’ll loosen rules on the firm governing hate speech and misinformation by saying he’s “not but made any adjustments”. He provides {that a} new “content material moderation council with broadly numerous viewpoints” will meet earlier than any coverage adjustments.
Platform battles ‘trolling marketing campaign’
After a surge in tweets containing racist language, Twitter’s head of belief and security says: “Hateful conduct has no place right here.” Yoel Roth says the corporate is taking motion in opposition to customers “concerned on this trolling marketing campaign” to make Twitter secure and welcoming for everybody.
Musk shares inaccurate story
Musk tweets an article containing plenty of inaccuracies about an assault on the husband of US Home of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi by a hammer-wielding intruder. The positioning has a historical past of publishing inaccurate tales and Musk later deletes the tweet after a backlash.
Trump return dismissed – for now
With simply over per week to go earlier than the US midterm elections, Musk responds to questions on whether or not he’ll reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account on Twitter by tweeting: “If I had a greenback for each time somebody requested me if Trump is coming again on this platform, Twitter could be minting cash!”
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Later that day, Musk attended a halloween get together in New York and posed for images carrying a “Satan’s champion” costume.
Criticism over subscription service
Following reviews that Twitter will start charging customers to have verified accounts, Musk responds to criticism from creator Stephen King by saying: “We have to pay the payments one way or the other!”.
Musk strikes to chop employees numbers
Staff on the firm start receiving emails entitled “Your Position at Twitter” informing them whether or not they have misplaced their jobs. Responding to information in regards to the layoffs, Musk says “sadly there isn’t a selection when the corporate is dropping over $4M/day”.
Yoel Roth, the pinnacle of belief and security, stated 50% of the corporate’s almost 8,000 workers had been laid off however sought to reassure customers and advertisers that the platform’s moderation capability remained intact.
Twitter founder breaks silence
Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey breaks his silence over the Musk takeover to apologise to employees who’ve misplaced their jobs, saying: “I personal the duty for why everyone seems to be on this state of affairs: I grew the corporate dimension too shortly.”
Crackdown on parody accounts
Musk proclaims that Twitter accounts impersonating folks with out being clearly labelled a parody will probably be completely suspended – a change to the earlier course of when accounts got a warning first.
A variety of accounts that modified their identify to “Elon Musk” and mocked the billionaire had already been suspended or positioned behind a warning signal.
Warnings about Twitter’s survival
In his first e mail to Twitter employees, Musk warns that the “financial image forward is dire” and provides: “With out important subscription income, there’s a good probability Twitter is not going to survive the upcoming financial downturn.”
In the meantime, after the launch of the $8-a-month Twitter Blue subscription, which provides paying customers a blue tick, a slew of parody accounts that seem like verified emerge, together with a pretend George W Bush account that tweets: “I miss killing Iraqis”.
Key employees depart firm
Extra high-profile employees stop, together with head of belief and security Yoel Roth and chief safety officer Lea Kissner.
Twitter Blue rollout placed on maintain
The choice to subscribe to Twitter Blue disappears after its preliminary bumpy roll-out. Musk later confirms that the launch of the service has been put again to the top of November “to be sure that it’s rock stable”.
Musk cuts down on contractors
Stories in US media say hundreds of contractors who had been working for Twitter have had their contracts terminated. Expertise information website Platformer says as many as 80% of its 5,500 contractor workforce have been laid off within the transfer however the firm made no official announcement.
Workers advised: Be hardcore or depart
In a late-night e mail to all Twitter employees, Musk says workers should decide to a “hardcore” tradition of working “lengthy hours at excessive depth” or depart the corporate.
Firm workplaces abruptly closed
In a shock announcement, Twitter says its firm workplaces will probably be closed quickly. The transfer comes amid reviews that enormous numbers of Twitter employees had resigned.
Responding to fears the platform was about to close down attributable to dropping key employees, Musk tweeted: “The very best persons are staying, so I’m not tremendous fearful.”
