‘Chief Twit’ takes management
Musk completes his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, instantly firing a quantity of the corporate’s prime executives and tweeting “the hen 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 considerations that he’ll loosen laws 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 extensively various 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 protected and welcoming for everybody.
Musk shares inaccurate story
Musk tweets an article containing a quantity 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 a 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 can be minting cash!”
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Later that day, Musk attended a halloween social gathering in New York and posed for pictures 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 writer Stephen King by saying: “We have to pay the payments in some way!”.
Musk strikes to chop staff 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 shedding 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 staff who’ve misplaced their jobs, saying: “I personal the accountability for why everyone seems to be on this state of affairs: I grew the corporate dimension too rapidly.”
Crackdown on parody accounts
Musk publicizes that Twitter accounts impersonating folks with out being clearly labelled a parody will likely be completely suspended – a change to the earlier course of when accounts got a warning first.
A quantity 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 staff, Musk warns that the “financial image forward is dire” and provides: “With out important subscription income, there’s a good likelihood Twitter won’t 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 look like verified emerge, together with a faux George W Bush account that tweets: “I miss killing Iraqis”.
Key staff depart firm
Extra high-profile staff 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 ensure that it’s rock stable”.
Musk cuts down on contractors
Experiences in US media say 1000’s of contractors who had been working for Twitter have had their contracts terminated. Know-how information website Platformer says as many as 80% of its 5,500 contractor workforce had been laid off within the transfer however the firm made no official announcement.
Staff instructed: Be hardcore or depart
In a late-night e-mail to all Twitter staff, Musk says workers should decide to a “hardcore” tradition of working “lengthy hours at excessive depth” or depart the corporate.
Firm offices abruptly closed
In a shock announcement, Twitter says its firm offices will likely be closed quickly. The transfer comes amid reviews that giant numbers of Twitter staff had resigned.
Responding to fears the platform was about to close down attributable to shedding key staff, Musk tweeted: “The most effective individuals are staying, so I’m not tremendous frightened.”