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<p>Reports are going around that Elon Musk intends to lay off around 3,700 employees at Twitter Inc or half of the company's workforce in a bid to cut costs. Meanwhile, the $8 Blue Subscription plan, announced by the 'Chief Twit', is being heavily criticised by netizens, inviting a witty retort from the Tesla chief.</p> <p>Follow all the related updates on WION.</p>Key Updates
03 Nov 2022, 1:53 PM (IST)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said would negotiate with Elon Musk to avoid paying the monthly $8 charge for the "verified" Twitter badge.
Speaking to Turkish broadcaster ATV on Wednesday, Erdogan said he may speak to Musk and discuss the charge.
"It might be different for us," Erdogan said, when asked about the new charge for the blue check. "We could carry out some diplomacy with him as well," he added jokingly.
03 Nov 2022, 10:53 AM (IST)
'How to delete Twitter' surged by 500 per cent in the past week, ever since Elon Musk took charge of the microblogging site, according to experts security firm VPNOverview.
Analysing the Google search engine data, the firm said that Twitter users are leaving the platform.
Apart from that, searches for 'boycott Twitter' are also up 4,800 per cent in the last seven days, from October 26 to November 2.
03 Nov 2022, 10:45 AM (IST)
After New York Times, now Bloomberg has reported that Elon Musk plans to cut about 3,700 jobs at Twitter in a bid to cut costs.
Twitter's new owner will inform the staff affected on Friday, according to the report, which has cited people familiar with the matter..
Bloomberg also reported that Musk intends to reverse the social media company's existing work from anywhere policy and will require employees to work from office though some exceptions could be made