Twitter takeover: Musk won't reinstate banned accounts for weeks, including Trump
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02 Nov 2022, 1:34 PM (IST)
Musk says Twitter won’t reinstate banned accounts for weeks. The decision affects Donald Trump, among others.
In a tweet, Musk said that Twitter will not allow anyone back on the platform until there is a clear process to do so, and that he had met with civil rights and activist leaders about his intentions.
Twitter will “continue to combat hate & harassment & enforce its election integrity policies,” he tweeted.
02 Nov 2022, 12:12 PM (IST)
Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye.
— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) October 29, 2022
Welp. It’s been fun Twitter. I’m out. See you on other platforms, peeps. Sorry, this one’s just not for me. ❤️🙏🏼
— Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) October 30, 2022
I'm shocked and appalled at some of the "free speech" I've seen on this platform since its acquisition. Hate speech under the veil of "free speech" is unacceptable; therefore I am choosing to stay off Twitter as it is no longer a safe space for myself, my sons and other POC.
— Toni Braxton (@tonibraxton) October 29, 2022
02 Nov 2022, 12:11 PM (IST)
Now that the word is out: I’m helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people.
— Sriram Krishnan - sriramk.eth (@sriramk) October 30, 2022
I ( and a16z) believe this is a hugely important company and can have great impact on the world and Elon is the person to make it happen. pic.twitter.com/weGwEp8oga
02 Nov 2022, 12:06 PM (IST)
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According to reports, Elon Musk has sought help from Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin technology executive, to revamp the newly-owned Twitter platform.
Krishnan, who used to work at Twitter earlier, has been a general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital Andreessen Horowitz.
Krishnan has created and overseen various mobile ad projects for Snapchat and Facebook.
02 Nov 2022, 11:07 AM (IST)
Twitter's top ad, tech and marketing officials announced their exit in response to Elon Musk acquiring the microblogging platform.
This is not the first time the officials are leaving. Soon after Musk took over the social media platform, CEO Parag Agarwal, CFO Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde were fired. As per media reports, the three officials are expected to get a severance of nearly $122 million.
02 Nov 2022, 11:02 AM (IST)
Hateful content has skyrocketed since Elon Musk closed the $44 billiondeal.
According to Network Contagion Research Institute, which identifies "cyber-social threats", the use of the n-word has increased by nearly 500 per cent on Twitter.
A coalition of more than 40 advocacy organizations including the NAACP and Free Press sent an open letter to Twitter's top 20 advertisers on Tuesday, asking them to pull their ads if Musk guts content moderation on the platform.
02 Nov 2022, 10:55 AM (IST)
Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
02 Nov 2022, 10:53 AM (IST)
02 Nov 2022, 10:49 AM (IST)
Musk has authorised employees from his other companies to work at Twitter, a report in CNBC reopirts quoting internal documents.
These include 50 employees from Tesla, mostly from the Autopilot team, two from the Boring Company and one from Neuralink, the outlet further said, adding that it reviewed internal documents