Twitter chief Elon Musk denied a report from the New York Times, a US news outlet, that he could fire Twitter employees before early November, so he doesn’t have to pay them.
He replied to a Twitter user, who asked him about the report, saying, “It’s wrong.” Musk completed his $ 44 billion deal with Twitter after months of controversy with the social media platform. However, the deal resulted in the loss of key Twitter positions, such as CEO, president and chief financial officer.
Over the weekend, US publications reported that Elon Musk had ordered major job cuts across the company.
The newspaper said the job cuts would occur before November 1, when workers were expected to receive company stock as part of their wage agreements.
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has sparked a discussion among users about what will become the platform under his control.
Some fear that loosening free speech laws will allow people banned for saying hate or spreading misleading information to return to the platform.
Last week, Musk said he didn’t want the platform to become an echo chamber for hatred and division. “Twitter obviously can’t become a playground where you can say anything without consequences,” he tweeted.
After denying the New York Times report on the layoffs, Musk tweeted a screenshot of a New York Times headline in which he posted a link to a “site known to post fake news.”
This is false: I * didn’t * tweet a link to the New York Times! pic.twitter.com/d6V6m5ATW2
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2022
The New York Times headline referred to a reply posted by Musk, then deleted, to a tweet from former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
This answer contained a link to a conspiracy theory involving an assault on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
In another answer to a question about verifying users and getting the “blue tick”, he said the process will be reviewed.
“The whole verification process is under review right now,” Musk said without adding anything else. According to reports, the company planned to charge users for verification.
Musk launched a Twitter poll to find out how many of his 112 million followers would vote in favor of restoring the Vine short video app.
Twitter bought the video app that allows users to share clips in a six-second loop in 2012. By the end of 2015, it had more than 200 million active users before the social media platform abandoned it.
In the past, there have been polls on whether or not Mr. Musk would sell 10% of his Tesla stock and whether Twitter should have an edit button.
