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☆ A Twitter executive said she's been working more than 75 hours a week because Elon Musk fired so many people
  + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A Twitter exec said she worked more than 75 hours a week since Elon Musk took over, per Irish Times. She said Musk was leading Twitter "in an unorthodox manner" and giving staff "mixed messages." Sinead McSweeney said in a statement to a High Court in Ireland that her working hours soared to more than 75 in a week since the billionaire took over. The vice-president, who has worked at Twitter for more than a decade, said she regularly works more than 40 hours per week as required by her employment contract. Musk has given staff "mixed messages" and is leading the organization "in an unorthodox manner," McSweeney said, according to the report.
☆ About 1,400 Twitter workers have joined Blind since Elon Musk took over
  + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
More than 1,400 Twitter employees signed up to Blind in the past month, its co-founder told Insider. In the past month more than 1,400 Twitter employees signed up to Blind, its co-founder Kyum Kim told Insider. Kim previously told Insider that it had seen "much more usage" this month following mass layoffs in the tech sector. Kim, who is also Blind's chief business officer, told Insider that about 3,000 Meta staff signed up the day before Mark Zuckerberg announced 11,000 job cuts. He also said more than 7,000 Meta employees joined Blind in the first two weeks of November alone and that 64,000 Meta staff members are now on the site.
☆ Elon Musk has been preaching the value of 'hardcore' work to employees for over a decade, early Tesla emails show
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Elon Musk is mirroring his Tesla management style at Twitter. The CEO has told Tesla employees to "go super hardcore" and "ultra hardcore" in the past. Last week, the billionaire gave Twitter employees an ultimatum: commit to working "extremely hardcore" or resign. While the note spurred a mass exodus of Twitter staffers, it was a move that is all too familiar to Tesla employees. Musk's more utilitarian leadership style style represents a sharp departure from that of Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal.
☆ Elon Musk takes aim at 'hate tweets' as his poll about letting Donald Trump back on Twitter gets '~1M votes/hour'
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk announced Twitter's latest policy, which targets negative and hate tweets on the site. Twitter's new owner is also asking users if he should let Donald Trump back on the platform. Musk, who is also chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, previously announced plans to create a "content moderation council" at Twitter, but was still undecided about letting Donald Trump back on Twitter. On Friday Musk decided to ask Twitter users about the matter by tweeting a poll. Musk has backpedaled from his standpoint in May when he told The Financial Times he would "reverse the permaban" on Trump's Twitter account.
☆ Twitter is actually safer since Elon Musk took control, claims former safety chief Yoel Roth
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The former head of safety and trust said Twitter is actually safer under Elon Musk. Yoel Roth wrote an op ed for The New York Times explaining the reasons for his departure. "A Twitter whose policies are defined by edict has little need for a trust and safety function." However, Roth commented that even as Musk "criticizes the capriciousness of platform policies, he perpetuates the same lack of legitimacy through his impulsive changes and tweet-length pronouncements about Twitter's rules. In appointing himself 'chief twit,' Mr. Musk has made clear that at the end of the day, he'll be the one calling the shots."
☆ Elon Musk says no decision yet on Trump's Twitter ban as he reinstates others
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said Friday he was bringing back three high-profile accounts that had been suspended for breaking the service's rules, but he said he hadn't made a decision about former President Donald Trump's account. "Trump decision has not yet been made," Musk said in a tweet, as Twitter users braced for sweeping changes on the service that Musk bought three weeks ago. It may be only a matter of time before Musk reinstates Trump. Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account in January 2021, citing his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and the potential for more violence. It was not clear if Musk had made any changes to Twitter's policies that ban hate speech and harassment.
☆ After Twitter planned to close offices for the day, Elon Musk asks engineers to come in
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The Twitter logo is displayed on the exterior of Twitter headquarters on October 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California. After Twitter told employees it would be closing its offices until Monday, new owner and CEO Elon Musk has called engineering staff into the San Francisco headquarters office, according to internal emails obtained by CNBC. Late on Thursday, Twitter sent out a companywide email saying its offices would be closed from Friday until Monday, and badge access would cut off during that temporary closure. After the initial call for engineers to come into the office, he also sent a followup encouraging people to fly to San Francisco to present in person. The mixed messages on returning to the office come after a wave of Twitter employees resigned on Thursday.
☆ Elon Musk’s $50 billion trial comes to an end today
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
Washington, DC CNN —The trial for the Tesla shareholder lawsuit examining CEO Elon Musk’s unprecedented compensation package will wrap up this afternoon. The net value of the compensation package is $50.9 billion today, after Tesla’s valuation soared more than 1,000% at its peak since shareholders approved the package. Several corporate governance experts told CNN Business that it’s clear Tesla’s board of directors lacks independence from Musk. At the time of the 2018 compensation package, Kimbal said it was “very unlikely” that Elon would walk away from his role of CEO at Tesla. That’s just not how Elon operates,” Kimbal Musk said.
☆ Questions about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover bleed into his pay-package trial, annoying Musk: 'Are we in the Tesla trial or Twitter trial?'
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The billionaire was sued by a shareholder over his $50 billion Tesla compensation package. Musk appeared annoyed with questioning and asked, "Are we in the Tesla trial or Twitter trial?" "Are we in the Tesla trial or Twitter trial? "We're in cross examination in an interesting case Mr. Musk," Varallo said. Musk is facing a lawsuit from Tesla shareholder Richard Tornetta over his $50 billion Tesla compensation package.
☆ Read the midnight email Elon Musk sent Twitter staff telling them to work 'long hours at high intensity' – or quit
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk sent Twitter staff an email at midnight with his expectations for building "Twitter 2.0." He said staff "need to be extremely hardcore" and gave them until Thursday 5 p.m. to agree. Staff must work "long hours at high intensity" or quit and get three months' salary. Musk sent the email at midnight Pacific time on Wednesday, a time stamp on the email seen by Insider showed. The self-described "Chief Twit" said in the email that employees "need to be extremely hardcore" to build a "breakthrough Twitter 2.0" and are expected to work "long hours at high intensity".
☆ Want to work for Elon? Musk says he's going to be looking for someone else to run Twitter.
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Matt Turner | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk said during testimony over his Tesla pay package that he's going to step back from Twitter over time. The richest person in the world said on Wednesday that he's eventually going to find someone else to run Twitter. "But then I would reduce my time [commitment] to Twitter, I'd find someone else to run Twitter over time." Musk has said previously he doesn't really care about the CEO title, though today he's technically CEO at Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX, although at the latter he's well supported by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell. Much of this "burst of activity" has been narrated by Musk himself via his Twitter feed.
☆ Elon Musk responds to criticism around Twitter: 'There's no way to make everyone happy, that's for sure'
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Twitter has recently faced product flip-flopping, mass layoffs, high-profile exec departures, rampant account impersonations, a loss of advertisers, and more. While speaking virtually at the G20 summit recently, Elon Musk addressed the criticism he's consequently received. "There's no way to make everyone happy, that's for sure," he said. But there's no way to make everyone happy, that's for sure." At the summit, Musk also said he's working too much juggling Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX.
☆ SpaceX just bought a big ad campaign on Twitter for Starlink
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The ad campaign SpaceX is buying to promote Starlink is called a Twitter "takeover." Users should see Starlink brand messaging for the first three times that they open the Twitter app on the day or days of the planned takeover campaign in Australia and in Spain. Pressure on Twitter ad salesMusk is also the CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla , in addition to his responsibilities at SpaceX and Twitter. Instead, Tesla garners headlines from fan blogs, news sites, and creates buzz through motor clubs, fan or shareholder events and social media engagement.
☆ Captain Sully and Whoopi Goldberg are among the latest celebrities announcing they quit Twitter after Elon Musk takeover
  + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Multiple celebrities say they have quit Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover. Now, some celebrities are making good on their threats to quit Twitter. Téa LeoniThe actress best known for her role in "'Madam Secretary" has also seemingly deleted her Twitter account. Gigi HadidThe fashion model took to Instagram to condemn Twitter, especially under Musk's leadership, announced she'd be deactivating her account. "I deactivated my Twitter account today.
☆ 'Black Twitter' is turning to humor to mourn Twitter as they know it as the social platform takes on a new form under Elon Musk
  + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The Twitter network known as 'Black Twitter' is finding humor in the potential end of the unofficial community. Black users are sharing laughs and meaningful tributes to their time on Twitter as many mull leaving. Non-Black users are also chiming in to attribute Twitter's success to the Black Twitter network. For the uninitiated, Black Twitter is the unofficial online network of Black Twitter users. Some even promised to follow Black users if they chose to leave Twitter for another platform.
☆ 12 things that happened at Twitter this week, from Doja Cat asking Elon Musk for help to bankruptcy threats
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
I'm not the "Chief Twit"Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin and Rich Sommer Getty ImagesCritics had expressed concern that impersonating others would become easy on the platform after Musk said anyone would be able to purchase a verification checkmark. Sure enough, personalities decided to impersonate Musk by changing their names and profile pictures. Comedians Sarah Silverman and Kathy Griffin and actor Rich Sommer were among those who wanted to show the billionaire just how easy it was to do so. Last Sunday, he said: "Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended." On Friday, he added that accounts engaging in parody "must include 'parody' in their name, not just in bio."
☆ Am I a Tweep or a 'Twit'? Twitter employees are flooding Blind to say they won't be taking 'this bull no more'
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Employees who escaped the layoffs have taken to the anonymous forum Blind to share their discontent. We verify that someone is a current employee using their work email. One user posted a poll: "Frankly, I think the folks who were laid off got the better end of the deal. If his companies are always on the verge of bankruptcy, his employees can be made to work to death. Twitter employees have posted almost 1,000 reviews of the company on Blind since 2020 and it has a rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars.
☆ Twitter's new paid-for checkmark system has created a Wild West of scamming and parody
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Twitter's new paid-for checkmark system has created a Wild West of scamming and parody. Billionaire Mark Cuban also told Musk he spent "too much time" muting newly verified accounts. The new system has also created a Wild West of scamming and parody, with users impersonating public figures from George W. Bush to OJ Simpson, as well as LeBron James and Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. A Wild West TwitterA screengrab of a verified Twitter page impersonating the social media platform's account. TwitterMore "verified" accounts impersonating high-profile individuals continue to emerge.
☆ Read Elon Musk's first email to all Twitter employees: Remote work over, company needs subscriptions to survive downturn
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Lora Kolodny Lauren Feiner | Lora Kolodny | Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
In his first companywide email to Twitter employees, new owner and CEO Elon Musk said he was ending the social network's "work from home forever" policy. He also warned employees that the company might not survive the economic downturn without significant subscription revenue. From: Elon Musk [email removed] Date: Nov 9, 2022 [time stamp removed] To: Team Sorry that this is my first email to the whole company but there is no way to sugarcoat the message. We are also changing Twitter policy such that remote work is no longer allowed unless you have a specific exception. Thanks, ElonWATCH: Twitter is now Elon Musk's company — Here's how experts responded to the news
☆ Elon Musk Tries to Convince Wary Advertisers to Stay on Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +6 min
That prompted Mr. Musk to say there has been a “massive drop in revenue” in a tweet last Friday. “I understand if people want to, you know, give it a minute and see how things are evolving,” Mr. Musk said. “Obviously Twitter cannot be simply some extension of me, because then anyone who doesn’t agree with me will be put off,” Mr. Musk said. Other potential new features include letting verified subscribers post high-quality videos that are up to several hours long, according to Mr. Musk. Twitter’s pivot toward subscriptions and e-commerce could also help minimize trolls and fake accounts, according to Mr. Musk.
☆ Elon Musk brainstorms plans for how payments could work on Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A video grab taken from a video posted on the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 26, 2022 shows himself carrying a sink as he enters the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. During the broadcast, Musk described how Twitter plans to "enable monetization for creators" but it needs to do so in a manner that's "competitive with the alternatives" to entice them. "Now we can say like, okay, you've got a balance on your account, do you want to send money to send money to someone else within Twitter?" If people want to "exit out of the system" they will be able to transfer their Twitter balance if they have attached authenticated bank accounts to their Twitter accounts, he explained. As Musk sketches out his plans for Twitter, shares in Tesla , where he is also CEO, closed at their lowest point since Nov. 2020.
☆ Elon Musk sells at least $3.95 billion worth of Tesla shares after Twitter deal
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk has sold at least another $3.95 billion worth of shares in his electric car company Tesla after closing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission published Tuesday, Musk sold 19.5 million more shares of Tesla. Musk sold almost $22 billion worth of Tesla shares in 2021, a year when the stock jumped over 50%. This year, he sold over $8 billion worth of Tesla stock in April and another roughly $7 billion worth in August. On Aug. 9, Musk told fans he was done selling Tesla shares to fund a possible Twitter acquisition.
☆ Leslie Phillips: Carry On and Harry Potter star dies aged 98
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
London CNN —Leslie Phillips, the British actor who starred in the Carry On movie franchise and later voiced the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 98. Phillips passed away “peacefully in his sleep” on Monday, his agent Jonathan Lloyd confirmed to the PA news agency. Turning down the opportunity to move to Hollywood, he remained in Britain where he went on to star in three Carry On films: Carry On Nurse, Carry On Teacher and Carry on Constable. Fellow actor Sanjeev Bhaskar tweeted a video of Phillips from his BBC show The Kumars at No 42. A truly warm, funny and gentle man #RIPLesliePhillips”Also paying tribute to him was Piers Morgan, who tweeted: “RIP Leslie Phillips, 98.
☆ How social media platforms plan to fight Election Day misinformation
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +12 min
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesSocial media platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Google's YouTube are readying themselves for another heated Election Day this week. The company is once again banning new political ads in the week before the election, as it did in 2020. Political ads, including information on how much money was behind them and how much they were viewed, are included in the company's transparency report. The NYU and Global Witness study found YouTube performed the best out of the platforms it tested in blocking ads with election misinformation. WATCH: The messy business of content moderation on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
☆ Elon Musk bans impersonation without parody label on Twitter raising questions about free speech commitment
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAfter several celebrity and blue-check verified Twitter users changed their accounts to mimic the social network's new owner Elon Musk, he called for a swift change to policy enforcement. Musk wrote on Sunday that, moving forward, Twitter will now permanently suspend impersonators' accounts without warning if they are not clearly labeled as parody. In May, after he agreed to buy Twitter, Musk argued against lifetime bans and said he would reverse one on Donald Trump. The platform would not usually jump to a permanent ban of a user's account for impersonation prior to Musk's takeover. Twitter and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment or confirmation as to whether Sommer and Griffin were permanently banned.
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