Elon Musk says former Twitter employees had a ‘Fauci Fan Club’ Slack channel
On December 28, Elon Musk revealed that former Twitter employees had a slack channel entitled “Fauci Fan Club”.
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Elon Musk says the U.S. government “paid Twitter millions of dollars to censor info from the public”
On December 20, 2022, Elon Musk tweeted that the U.S. government “paid Twitter millions of dollars to censor info from the public”.
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Elon Musk says the former Twitter engaged in shadowbanning political candidates
On December 8, 2022, in a reply on Twitter, Elon Musk confirmed that political candidates had been subject to shadowbanning on pre-Musk platform.
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Twitter ends its “COVID-19 misinformation” policy effective November 23, 2022
In a blog post about COVID-19, Twitter announced that “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.”
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Elon Musk says Apple is threatening to “withhold” Twitter from its App Store
On Monday, November 28, Elon Musk tweeted that Apple has “threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store,”.
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Elon Musk reportedly fired Twitter employees bad-mouthing him on company communications
On Tuesday, November 15, it was revealed that several Twitter employees were fired overnight over email due to violating company policy due to their behavior on official company communications.
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Elon Musk tells Twitter employees “bankruptcy isn’t out of the question”
Days after taking over the company, Elon Musk told employees “bankruptcy isn’t out of the question” for Twitter.
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Facebook Parent Meta announces layoffs of 11,000 workers
On Wednesday, November 9, Meta Platforms announced that it would be cutting more than 11,00 workers from the company.
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Elon Musk says anyone that was suspended “for minor & dubious reasons will be freed from Twitter jail”
The day after closing on the monumental $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, Elon Musk said that people who were suspended “for minor & dubious reasons will be freed from Twitter jail”.
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Apple tells Taiwan suppliers to label products ‘made in China’ instead of ‘made in Taiwan’
In a report, Apple has asked its Taiwan-based suppliers to start labeling their products as having been made in China.
