‘Chief Twit’ takes management
Musk completes his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, instantly firing various the corporate’s prime executives and tweeting “the bird is freed”.
Before formally taking cost of the corporate, Musk modified his Twitter profile to learn “Chief Twit” and turned as much as Twitter HQ in San Francisco carrying a sink, saying: “Let that sink in!”
Pledge revamped hate speech
Musk responds to issues that he’ll loosen laws on the firm governing hate speech and misinformation by saying he’s “not yet made any changes”. He provides {that a} new “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints” will meet earlier than any coverage modifications.
Platform battles ‘trolling campaign’
After a surge in tweets containing racist language, Twitter’s head of belief and security says: “Hateful conduct has no place here.” Yoel Roth says the corporate is taking motion towards customers “involved in this trolling campaign” to make Twitter protected and welcoming for everybody.
Musk shares inaccurate story
Musk tweets an article containing various inaccuracies about an assault on the husband of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi by a hammer-wielding intruder. The web site has a historical past of publishing inaccurate tales and Musk later deletes the tweet after a backlash.
Trump return dismissed – for now
With simply over per week to go earlier than the US midterm elections, Musk responds to questions on whether or not he’ll reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account on Twitter by tweeting: “If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, Twitter would be minting money!”
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Later that day, Musk attended a halloween occasion in New York and posed for pictures carrying a “Devil’s champion” costume.
Criticism over subscription service
Following reviews that Twitter will start charging customers to have verified accounts, Musk responds to criticism from creator Stephen King by saying: “We need to pay the bills somehow!”.
Musk strikes to chop workers numbers
Employees on the firm start receiving emails entitled “Your Role at Twitter” informing them whether or not they have misplaced their jobs. Responding to information in regards to the layoffs, Musk says “unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day”.
Yoel Roth, the top of belief and security, stated 50% of the corporate’s almost 8,000 staff had been laid off however sought to reassure customers and advertisers that the platform’s moderation capability remained intact.
Twitter founder breaks silence
Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey breaks his silence over the Musk takeover to apologise to workers who’ve misplaced their jobs, saying: “I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation: I grew the company size too quickly.”
Crackdown on parody accounts
Musk proclaims that Twitter accounts impersonating folks with out being clearly labelled a parody will probably be completely suspended – a change to the earlier course of when accounts got a warning first.
Plenty of accounts that modified their identify to “Elon Musk” and mocked the billionaire had already been suspended or positioned behind a warning signal.
Warnings about Twitter’s survival
In his first e mail to Twitter workers, Musk warns that the “economic picture ahead is dire” and provides: “Without significant subscription revenue, there is a good chance Twitter will not survive the upcoming economic downturn.”
Meanwhile, after the launch of the $8-a-month Twitter Blue subscription, which provides paying customers a blue tick, a slew of parody accounts that look like verified emerge, together with a faux George W Bush account that tweets: “I miss killing Iraqis”.
Key workers depart firm
More high-profile workers give up, together with head of belief and security Yoel Roth and chief safety officer Lea Kissner.
Twitter Blue rollout placed on maintain
The choice to subscribe to Twitter Blue disappears after its preliminary bumpy roll-out. Musk later confirms that the launch of the service has been put again to the tip of November “to make sure that it is rock solid”.
Musk cuts down on contractors
Reports in US media say 1000’s of contractors who had been working for Twitter have had their contracts terminated. Technology information web site Platformer says as many as 80% of its 5,500 contractor workforce had been laid off within the transfer however the firm made no official announcement.
Staff instructed: Be hardcore or depart
In a late-night e mail to all Twitter workers, Musk says staff should decide to a “hardcore” tradition of working “long hours at high intensity” or depart the corporate.
Company workplaces abruptly closed
In a shock announcement, Twitter says its firm workplaces will probably be closed briefly. The transfer comes amid reviews that enormous numbers of Twitter workers had resigned.
Responding to fears the platform was about to close down as a consequence of dropping key workers, Musk tweeted: “The best people are staying, so I’m not super worried.”
With inputs from BBC
