Other Twitter employees were laid off on Thursday as part of the mass layoffs that have been happening under new owner Elon Musk.
As part of Thursday’s layoffs, members of Twitter’s public policy team who remained after last month’s mass layoffs were again halved to about 15 employees, a former Twitter employee told CNN. Business.
Among the public policy team’s responsibilities is working with external advisory groups such as the Twitter Trust and Safety Council, which the company disbanded earlier this month. It also manages human rights programs to protect vulnerable users such as activists, engages in transparency efforts, works with government agencies, and helps ensure compliance with global regulations. The public policy team had more than 60 employees before Musk’s takeover, according to the former employee.
Thursday’s departures come after Musk laid off about half of Twitter’s workforce last month, shortly after its takeover, and later laid off additional employees, including through an ultimatum requiring them to work “hardcore” or leave the company.
Musk’s team – looking to cut costs at the struggling company the billionaire bought for $44 billion – has continued to lay off hundreds of Twitter employees since then, including top engineers and legal talent, according to the former employee and multiple reports. recent.
More than 100 former Twitter employees have filed arbitration claims or are participating in proposed class action lawsuits related to the layoffs.
The latest round of layoffs could further affect Twitter’s ability to protect top users and comply with regulations amid heightened scrutiny of the company following the Musk acquisition.
Twitter also continues to struggle with the departure of many of its advertisers, who provide most of the company’s revenue. As of Dec. 17, 72 of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers had paused ad campaigns on the platform, according to an analysis by digital marketing intelligence firm Pathmatics provided to CNN.
Meanwhile, Musk may be considering finding someone else to sit in the social platform’s top chair after Twitter users over the weekend voted for him to step down as CEO. Musk tweeted this week that he would step down from the top job “as soon as he finds someone foolish enough to take the job!”
This article is a translation of the writing by Clare Duffy to the website CNN Business.
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