Elon says NO banned accounts will be reinstated without approval of 'diverse' content moderation council - Kanye's account restored BEFORE takeover
Following his $44 billion takeover of the company, Musk tweeted Friday that 'no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen,' without the approval of a new content moderation council that has 'widely diverse viewpoints.'
Musk has widely criticized Twitter's suspension policies and vowed to bring back prominent figures - like Donald Trump and his former advisers Roger Stone and Steve Bannon - to the social media site.
The tweet came after two men were outside the San Francisco headquarters told reporters that a team of data engineers were fired, according to CNBC.
'It's somewhere I worked at for six years and everything suddenly changed,' one of the men told reporters.
The Verge, however, reported that the men do not work for Twitter and were pulling a stunt, as a search for them on the company email system failed to turn up leads.
One of the men also identified himself as Rahul Ligma, with the surname typically used as meme to elicit the response, 'lick my b****.'
It comes after Musk formally took over Twitter late last night and sacked several top executives including its CEO, CFO and chief lawyer.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ter-data-engineers-claim-laid-outside-HQ.html
- Elon Musk announced he will be creating a 'diverse' content moderation council to decide what accounts are reinstated on Twitter
- Among the big names expected for review are Donald Trump and his former advisers, Roger Stone and Steve Bannon
- Two pranksters told journalists outside Twitter's HQ on Friday that they were data engineers and claimed Musk has already started laying off workers - however, that proved to be a stunt
Following his $44 billion takeover of the company, Musk tweeted Friday that 'no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen,' without the approval of a new content moderation council that has 'widely diverse viewpoints.'
Musk has widely criticized Twitter's suspension policies and vowed to bring back prominent figures - like Donald Trump and his former advisers Roger Stone and Steve Bannon - to the social media site.
The tweet came after two men were outside the San Francisco headquarters told reporters that a team of data engineers were fired, according to CNBC.
'It's somewhere I worked at for six years and everything suddenly changed,' one of the men told reporters.
The Verge, however, reported that the men do not work for Twitter and were pulling a stunt, as a search for them on the company email system failed to turn up leads.
One of the men also identified himself as Rahul Ligma, with the surname typically used as meme to elicit the response, 'lick my b****.'
It comes after Musk formally took over Twitter late last night and sacked several top executives including its CEO, CFO and chief lawyer.
- Elon Musk said that he will be forming a 'diverse' content moderation council to make decisions about content and whose account can get reinstated
- Two men who claimed they were Twitter data engineers as 'laid off' employees are pictured walking out of the San Francisco office on Friday afternoon. The Verge , however, reported that the men do not work for Twitter and were pulling a stunt, as a search for them on the company email system failed to turn up leads
- One of the men lamented the alleged loss of his job, telling reporters: 'It's somewhere I worked at for 6 years and everything suddenly changed'
- This man told reporters he was a software engineer who was let go from Twitter's data team
- Both men were reportedly carrying boxes of their belongings from Twitter headquarters, however, reports claim the men are not employees and are pulling a stunt
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ter-data-engineers-claim-laid-outside-HQ.html