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Twitter Inc temporarily closed its offices and cut workers’ access to internal systems on Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email about whether they were being laid off.

A promoted tweet on Twitter app is displayed on a mobile phone near a Twitter logo, in this illustration picture taken September 8, 2022.A promoted tweet on Twitter app is displayed on a mobile phone near a Twitter logo, in this illustration picture taken September 8, 2022.

Musk, the world’s richest person, is looking to cut around 3,700 Twitter staff, or about half the workforce, as he seeks to slash costs and impose a demanding new work ethic, according to internal plans reviewed by Reuters this week. Musk blamed civil rights activists’ pressure on advertisers for a “massive drop in revenue” in a tweet on Friday morning. “Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.”

Senior executives including vice president of engineering Arnaud Weber also said their goodbyes on Twitter on Friday: “Twitter still has a lot of unlocked potential but I’m proud of what we accomplished,” he tweeted. Twitter employees vented their frustrations about the layoffs on the social network, using the hashtag #OneTeam.

 

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