Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Raises Fears of Climate Misinformation Surge During COP27 Summit

Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Raises Fears of Climate Misinformation Surge During COP27 Summit

Climate deniers looking to block action and “greenwashing” companies could have free rein on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, analysts warned as leaders pursued anti-warming efforts at the COP27 summit. The Tesla billionaire and self-declared free-speech absolutist has fired thousands of staff — with sustainability executives Sean Boyle and Casey…

Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know

Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know

With Twitter in disarray since the world’s richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. “The bird is free,” tweeted Tesla mogul Elon Musk when he completed his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) acquisition…

Elon Musk’s Twitter Faces Lawsuit for Mass Layoffs: Here’s All You Need to Know About WARN Act

Elon Musk’s Twitter Faces Lawsuit for Mass Layoffs: Here’s All You Need to Know About WARN Act

Twitter has begun laying off employees under its new owner, Elon Musk. The San Francisco-based social media giant is expected to terminate up to 3,700 people — half of its workforce — on Friday, according to internal plans reviewed by Reuters this week. Twitter is already facing a proposed class action claiming the…

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s Ethical AI Team, Sacked Employees Confirm Layoffs Through Tweets

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s Ethical AI Team, Sacked Employees Confirm Layoffs Through Tweets

Elon Musk, the new Twitter head, has been laying off employees across teams in global offices. The SpaceX CEO has recently sacked the entire Ethical AI team, as confirmed by fired employees in their tweets. The Director of the ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability team at Twitter, Rumman Chowdhury, shared…

Elon Musk Blames Activist Groups Pressurising Advertisers for “Massive” Drop in Twitter’s Revenue

Elon Musk Blames Activist Groups Pressurising Advertisers for “Massive” Drop in Twitter’s Revenue

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said on Friday that the social media company had seen a “massive” drop in revenue and blamed activist groups pressuring advertisers. Musk, who took control of the firm last week, said the revenue decline came “even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we…

Twitter India Fires Majority Employees From Engineering, Sales, Communications Teams Under Mass Layoffs

Twitter India Fires Majority Employees From Engineering, Sales, Communications Teams Under Mass Layoffs

Twitter has fired the majority of its over 200 employees in India as part of mass layoffs across the globe ordered by its new owner Elon Musk who is looking to make his $44 billion (nearly Rs. 3,61,600 crore) acquisition work. Sources said the layoffs are across engineering, sales and marketing,…

Volkswagen Follows Audi, General Motors to Halt Paid Advertising on Twitter

Volkswagen Follows Audi, General Motors to Halt Paid Advertising on Twitter

Volkswagen on Friday said it has recommended to its brands to pause paid advertising on Twitter until further notice in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform. “We are closely monitoring the situation and will decide about next steps depending on its evolvement,” Europe’s top carmaker…

Elon Musk Takeover: Twitter India Said to Start Laying Off Staff as Part of Global Job Cut

Elon Musk Takeover: Twitter India Said to Start Laying Off Staff as Part of Global Job Cut

Twitter has started laying off employees in India as part of a global job cut ordered by the social media platform’s new owner Elon Musk to attain economies of scale and make the $44 billion (nearly Rs. 3,62,100 crore) acquisition viable. The world’s richest businessman Musk began his innings at Twitter…

Twitter May Have Stopped Working on Crypto Wallet: Report

Twitter May Have Stopped Working on Crypto Wallet: Report

Twitter, under the leadership of its new billionaire chief Elon Musk, is undergoing a plethora of operational changes. Amid the ongoing changes, the microblogging site has reportedly halted work on developing its crypto wallet. The crypto community that expects Twitter to experiment with Dogecoin payments under Musk has not met…