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TWITTER HAS CONFIRMED that two senior executives are heading for the exit and it has paused most hiring, as Elon Musk stands poised to become the global messaging platform’s new owner.
Kayvon Beykpour, a general manager who leads research, design and engineering at Twitter, is leaving along with head of products Bruce Falck, a Twitter spokesperson told AFP.
Beykpour however said he was ousted from the San Francisco-based tech company.
“The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision,” Beykpour, who is on paternity leave, said in a tweet.
Twitter chief Parag Agrawal “asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction,” he added.
Twitter also confirmed that, effective this week, it is pausing all hiring except for business-critical roles.
Musk’s $44-billion deal to buy Twitter was announced last month but still needs the backing of shareholders and regulators.
The takeover is expected to close later in 2022, with Musk – who runs space exploration endeavor SpaceX and electric automaker Tesla – stepping in as its boss at least for a little while.
Musk is on record saying he would lift the ban Twitter slapped on Donald Trump, contending that kicking the former US president off the platform “alienated a large part of the country.”
Musk’s endorsement of a Trump return triggered fears among activists that Musk would “open the floodgates of hate.”
Trump has stated publicly he would not come back to Twitter if permitted, sticking instead with his own social network, Truth Social, which has failed to gain traction.
Trump was booted from Twitter and other online platforms after supporters, fired up by his tweets and speech alleging election fraud, attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in a deadly bid to stop Joe Biden from being certified as winner of the presidential election two months earlier.
Musk reasoned that permanent bans at Twitter should be rare, and reserved for accounts that are spam, scams or run by software “bots.”
Activist groups have called on Twitter advertisers to boycott the service if it opens the gates to abusive and misinformative posts with Musk as its owner.
The fate of Twitter’s top attorney, deemed a moral champion of the platform, has been in doubt since Musk tweeted displeasure with content moderation she had carried out.
The lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, has led efforts to battle bullying and posts that could lead to real-world harm such as the US Capitol riot.
She was involved in the decision to ban Trump, and others including removing political advertising from the app.
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That’s fantastic!!! Well done Sir.
Fair play!
Retired at 55 Great country
@Paul O Riordan: you could retire at any age if you want ,it just that the money isn’t great
@FlopFlipU: on a sliding scale is it. No one told me that
@Paul O Riordan: not 1 bit envious are you
@Paul O Riordan:
One family member retired at 47, my father at 77
When it’s entirely self financed you can do as you like
@Paul O Riordan: mind your own!!!
@Paul O Riordan: Have you always been a grade A A****h**e? People like you just suck every last bit of good out of everything. Do you know this man’s back story or is it one of your hide behind the keyboard judgements?
How did he cycle across the oceans……
@Alan McCartney: Apparently he swam the ocean sections with the bicycle strapped to his back.
@Alan McCartney: Apparently he swam the ocean sections with the bicycle strapped to his back which is deemed acceptable.
@Alan McCartney: I would have liked to see a few references to Chukchi Sea, the Diomede Islands and Alaska. also Afghanistan and the NWT in Pakistan rather than Madrid, Australia and Waghington DC…
55? Sure he’s only a youngfella.
I would absolutely loveeeee to do this. I’m gonna do it when I’m 56, lololol.
When will someone travel around the world just for fun and forget about the goody goody charity thing?Tell people you’re going around the globe for a laugh and you have nothing better to do.
@Sarah Bullimer: what on earth is wrong with raising money for charity?
Well done! Full of admiration for him.
Excellent well Done
Fair play to him. well done Sir a great achievement. I remember hearing a few years ago about someone else who was doing this or something similar, and they got as far as Dublin and had their Bike nicked from outside the GPO. He said he hadn’t had to lock it in any other city he had been too before Dublin.
@thatsnotme: maybe so but hardly unique to Dublin. Cycling UK report that 327,000 bicycles are stolen every year in England and Wales
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Well done Viktor Orban sir
Go Dermo go. Enjoyed the posts along the way well done
horrible prostate issues – forgive me for assuming
His arse must be killing him!
I’d say his poor hoop is in shite
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