''Twitter doesn''t believe in free speech... like we''re all commie'': secret recording reveals

Washington [US], May 17 (ANI): Twitter does not believe in free speech and people working at the company hate `hated` Elon Musk`s USD 44 billion bid to take control of the company, said a man, who is being described as a senior engineer with the social media giant.An American far-right activist group Project Veritas released a video purportedly showing a senior Twitter engineer Siru Murugesan admitting that the company has a strong left-wing bias, and that right-wingers were openly censored.Murugesan was caught on camera saying that the company culture at Twitter is extremely far left, and said his colleagues `hate, hate, hate` the proposed takeover by the Tesla CEO Elon Musk.According to Murugesan, Twitter`s office politics was so left-leaning that the people working at the micro-blogging site have changed their original views to adjust to the prevailing atmosphere. Twitter recently agreed to an acquisition by Tesla CEO in a deal worth USD 44 billion, although it is still subject to shareholder approval. However, Elon Musk declared that the USD 44 billion takeover bid of the micro-blogging site is on hold.Musk himself has frequently complained about a left-wing bias on Twitter. He had said Twitter`s decision to ban former US President Donald Trump was a mistake and he would reverse it if his acquisition of the social media company is successful.On the question of how his co-workers responded to the news of Musk`s buyout, Murugesan replied: "They`re like, this would be my last day if this happens."Murugesan said `a lot has changed` since Musk began the takeover process in April and employees were worried for their jobs, as his companies run differently in contrast to Twitter`s `socialist` workplace. "He`s a capitalist and we weren`t really operating as capitalists, more like very socialist. Like we`re all commie as f***."Murugesan said the company`s operating procedures were extremely lax and "essentially like everyone gets to do whatever they want".Murugesan said that many staffers had openly tried to thwart the Musk takeover and a lot of employees revolted against it.After Musk announced Twitter takeover, Murugesan said, "Employees warned of the `exodus` of staff.""We did all we could, to like revolt against it," he said. (ANI)

''Twitter doesn''t believe in free speech... like we''re all commie'': secret recording reveals

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