Amidst Elon Musk's tumultuous takeover, Twitter has layoffs and began rolling out a $7.99 Twitter Blue deal for paid verification and blue checkmark.
Fired Twitter worker fears for future of company
Fired employees were filtering out of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, with at least one questioning the future of the social media platform under Elon Musk. During a 45-minute Zoom meeting Tuesday with civil rights groups including the Anti-Defamation League, Free Press and the NAACP,He also said that Twitter had not made any changes on how content is moderated. Civil rights groups would be included in the content moderation council Musk plans to set up, he said.
Contributing: Terry Collins, Scott Gleeson, Jessica Guynn, Riley Gutiérrez McDermid, Orlando Mayorquin, Brett Molina, Amanda Pérez Pintado, Marina Pitofsky and Bailey Schulz of USA TODAY; The Associated Press.
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