Latest Twitter news: Staff locked out of work accounts as Elon Musk mass layoffs begin – BBC News
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- Some Twitter employees say they’re already blocking email and Slack accounts as the company’s mass layoffs begin
- New owner Elon Musk is expected to cut the platform’s 8,000-strong workforce by up to half.
- An internal email said the cuts were designed to put Twitter on a “healthy path” as the platform struggles to turn a profit
- All staff are ready to receive an email with the subject line “Your role on Twitter” by 09:00 PT on Friday (16:00 GMT)
- A class action lawsuit has already been filed against the company over the massive job cuts and amount of notice given
- Tesla and SpaceX owner Musk bought the social media platform in a $44bn (£39.3bn) deal last week after a protracted process
- He has already dismissed the entire board and is now the sole executive
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