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All the Execs That Have Quit Elon’s Twitter (So Far)

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has essentially set the company on fire—and critical employees are running as fast as they can to escape the flames. Read more…

Elon Musk Considers Putting All of Twitter Behind Paywall in Latest Genius Idea

Elon Musk is considering a change to Twitter that would put all of the site’s content behind a paywall, according to a new report from tech journalist Casey Newton at Platformer. The news comes in the wake of some bizarre decisions by Musk after he took control of the social media company late last month—a marriage… Read more…

Musk’s Twitter Looks to Rehire Some of the Staff it Booted Last Week

Internal Twitter Slack reportedly called the widely-reported 3,700, or 50% cuts to Twitter’s global staff “The Snap” ala the famed dusting of half the universe’s sentient life from Avengers: Infinity War. Though as many internet folks were quick to point out, such a move would also lead to even more harm. Without 50%… Read more…

Elon ‘Dogefather’ Musk Reportedly Tells Twitter to Pause Crypto Wallet Efforts

Twitter is refocusing all its efforts on making the most money in the shortest possible time, according to some reports. Read more…

Elon Musk Reportedly to Start Charging $20 a Month for That Precious Blue Checkmark

Elon Musk promised big changes would come to Twitter under his ownership, and now that he’s finally bought the platform, those shifts are starting up. One of the first adjustments: verified users might soon have to pay $20 per month to maintain their blue checks, as first reported by Platformer’s Casey Newton, who… Read more…

(IMO it’s a good thing that senior executives at Facebook acknowledge some of their work is ugly and requires moral reckoning) https://t.co/Oi5mdH4Pbi

So Cambridge Analytica fraudulently obtained Facebook user data and then used it to run election ads on Donald Trump’s behalf https://t.co/8ZhEeMPAZK pic.twitter.com/Q0qIzIEMKK