Bloomberg: “Elon Musk Considers More Layoffs on Twitter.” | Abroad

Musk’s first weeks as owner of Twitter were fraught with tumult. That’s how he was fired Half of the staff And I lost more employees because of it did promise Desire to work harder.

According to Bloomberg, Musk is nonetheless considering letting more people leave, including in the sales department. Twitter, which no longer has a communications department, has not yet responded to this message.

Experts have warned that the billionaire’s campaign has left Twitter vulnerable to disruption. If a problem suddenly arises, the remaining staff may not be able to solve it. And if a site becomes untrustworthy, that can also drive away users.

CBS News announced in a news broadcast that it will be pausing posting on Twitter “because of all the uncertainty” surrounding the platform. Volkswagen Automotive Group, pharmaceutical company Pfizer and snacks producer Mondelez, among others, have already announced in recent weeks that they will not be advertising via Twitter for the time being.

Advertisers are particularly concerned that Musk will relax the rules about allowed and prohibited expressions on Twitter to such an extent that spam will be placed around their ads. The Donald Trump’s return to the podium It seemed to confirm those fears, according to critics. The former president was previously banned from Twitter after his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Musk allowed Trump to return to Twitter after bringing the matter to his Twitter followers in a vote. Jonathan Greenblatt, an activist who fights defamation on social media, wrote to Musk in a tweet that this method of acceptance shows he doesn’t take Twitter’s protection against hate speech, for example, seriously. Musk replied, “Stop defaming me!”

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