Elon Musk is facing backlash for unceremoniously expelling so many employees from Twitter. Is Musk setting a new trend where owners can brush aside the HR rulebook and write their own edicts?
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While Twitter previously issued warnings before suspensions, now that it is rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.
Musk has now said that Twitter Blue rollout can be expected in India within a month, clearing the air around when the chargeable service will be available in this key market
Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that the new Twitter Blue subscription service with verification (blue badge) for $8 will be available in India in less than a month.
The microblogging site's business in the country has managed to make a profit for the past seven fiscal years
The microblogging service is making a bid for pay revenues as advertising declines
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Respect for our shared human rights should set the guardrails for the platform's use and evolution: Volker Turk
The billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of electric car maker Tesla cut half the staff at Twitter and has vowed to start charging users more
Former Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said he regrets growing the company too quickly as the social media platform downsizes following its recent sale to Elon Musk
There's no doubt Musk is quite good at performative social media statements, but we're yet to see any actual changes made to content moderation let alone Musk's utopian vision of a digital town square
However, there is no clarity yet on the severance package to be paid to employees laid off in India
Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of safety and integrity, said that while the company said goodbye to incredibly talented friends and colleagues, "our core moderation capabilities remain in place''
In a series of tweets, Tesla CEO has blamed "activist groups pressuring advertisers" for a "massive drop in revenue" as the company engages in mass layoffs.
As per Tech Crunch, key Twitter teams including Human Rights, Accessibility, Al Ethics and Curation have been axed so far by the Tesla CEO.
"There's no editors anymore," Biden added. "There's no editors. How do we expect kids to be able to understand what is at stake?"
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Product and engineering teams were gutted by well over 50%, according to two sources, and other groups - like communications, marketing, human rights and diversity - were almost completely eliminated