Twitter’s layoffs are affecting staff at Misinformation, Global Appeals and government media departments in its offices in Dublin, Ireland and Singapore.
09 Jan 2023 08.00
It said , Twitter has laid off more than a dozen foreign employeesincluding members of the platform department responsible for disinformation policy, in the latest round of job cuts, as CEO Elon Musk It was criticized for its handling of the site’s content moderation policies, while some fired employees received relatively small severance payments months after they were laid off.
key facts
Twitter’s layoffs affect employees at disinformation, global appeals, and government media departments in their news bureaus. Dublin, Ireland and SingaporeTells bloomberg.
It comes after two months of musk Release Content moderation members responsible for tackling misinformation on the platform, amid a round of massive cuts that… impact about half of its workforce.
In addition, hundreds of Twitter employees who were laid off in November (though still on the payroll) also received severance agreements on Saturday, it reported. Insiders. Some said they were promised an extra month just to finish the service.
In this case, the sum will be approx Three months of salary, compared to six months of severance for fired Facebook employees and four months for SnapchatAccording to earlier reports: Musk was Orator Three months for laid-off employees in November.
An affected former employee told Insider that they refused to sign and chose to participate in a class action It was filed by former employees who accuse Twitter of failing to provide employees with the proper notice required by federal and state employment laws.
Twitter did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Forbes He asked for more details about layoffs and severance packages, though the company’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Bloomberg that the cuts did not affect certain departments and were intended to consolidate teams.
main background
Musk has been criticized for his plan to relax the platform’s moderation policies, and alleged hate speech on the platform more After he took office. days before completing the purchase, musk He tried to convince advertisers not to let the platform descend into a “free-for-all hell,” though his promise wasn’t enough to stop several high-profile companies from pulling their ads.
In November, Twitter’s former head of security and integrity said, Yoel RothHe acknowledged that there had been an “increase in hateful content” on the platform since Musk took over. Roth then very important Release his mask Blue Twitter The feature, which allowed people to buy blue checkmarks and bypass the platform’s vetting process and led to a large number of scammer accounts spreading false information about various companies, celebrities and politicians.
the shadow
Musk reportedly fired about half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees a month after taking over the company, including the CEO. Parag Agrawaland Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Chief Policy Officer Vijaya Gaddy. Initial reports had indicated that Musk would cut between 25% and 75% of the company’s workforce, which he denied.
What we do not know
If Musk steps down as CEO. Announced Month After he would quit if he found a replacement who was “dumb enough to take the job”, after the majority of respondents in a poll he posted on the platform said he should. However, the previous day, Musk suggested that he limit political decisions in Twitter polls to Twitter Blue subscribers, after more than half of those surveyed called for him to resign.
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