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Twitter staff flee after Musk's 'extremely hardcore' ultimatum (Aljazeera.com)

Employees at social media giant announce departures after Elon Musk calls for 'long hours at high intensity'.

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Former Twitter employees fear the platform might only last weeks (MIT Technology Review)

An ultimatum by Elon Musk over "extremely hardcore" working culture appears to have backfired. Insiders fear this could spell the end without drastic ...

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Twitter staff quit in droves after Elon Musk's 'hardcore' work ... (Euronews)

42% of 180 Twitter employees said "taking exit option, I'm free!" while just 7 per cent opted to commit to "hardcore" Twitter.

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Misinformation threatens Twitter's function as a public safety tool (NPR)

When Michele Rogosky heard about the shooting at The University of Virginia on Sunday night, she called her son right away, panicking. He's a student there, ...

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Twitter in disarray, closes offices for the weekend - comments (GSMArena.com)

Idc about Twitter. Facebook is what should be done away with. Reply ? Anonymous; Lkg; 31 minutes ago. walkman8, 49 minutes agoReddit is terrible and total ...

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Twitter staff locked out of offices amid reports more employees are ... (Proactive Investors USA & Canada)

A large number of staff have reportedly decided to quit after Elon Musk, who bought the company for US$44bn, called on employees to sign up...

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Friday's tech news live: All eyes on Twitter (again) (The Verge)

A live blog for all the big tech news on November 18th, 2022, including employees leaving Twitter and Roku, Amazon planning more layoffs, and Mei returning ...

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Elon Musk: Twitter locks staff out of offices until next week (BBC News)

Twitter has told employees that the company's office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately. In a message seen by the BBC, workers were ...

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'#R.I.P Twitter' Trends As Musk's Ultimatum To Staff Reportedly ... (Forbes)

Twitter closed its offices after hundreds of workers reportedly left after Musk demanded they work longer hours, prompting fears the platform will soon ...

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Twitter may not cope with World Cup abuse, says Kick It Out chair (The Guardian)

Sanjay Bhandari says cuts in trust and safety team at platform could be taken as 'green light for hate'

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There Is No Replacement for Black Twitter (WIRED)

A series of missteps by Elon Musk has called the fate of the platform's cultural engine into question.

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Hundreds of Twitter Workers Quit as Musk Demands Loyalty (The New York Times)

Hundreds of workers decided to leave the troubled social network, after Elon Musk demanded employees commit to a new “hard core” work environment.

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Inside Twitter as 'mass exodus' of staffers throws platform's future ... (CNN)

Scores of remaining employees at the social media company on Thursday appeared to reject owner Elon Musk's ultimatum to work “extremely hardcore,” throwing the ...

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Is this really the end of Twitter? (BBC News)

Twitter's new boss Elon Musk, never one to ignore a trend, tweeted a meme of a gravestone with the Twitter logo on it.

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How to download your tweets in case Twitter shuts down permanently (The Washington Post)

As hundreds of Twitter employees reportedly choose to leave Twitter following Musk's ultimatum, here's what you need to know about the platform's future.

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Could Twitter collapse or go bankrupt? (The Guardian)

Since Tesla boss bought it, firm has been hit by mass job cuts, advertiser boycott, warnings of bankruptcy and mass resignation.

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Why Elon Musk Is Blowing Up Twitter's Business (The Atlantic)

The new owner says he hates advertising. That's a problem because it provides 90 percent of his social-media platform's revenue.

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First Thing: Elon Musk shuts Twitter offices to staff after wave of ... (The Guardian)

The social media firm is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded they sign a pledge committing to being 'extremely hardcore'.

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More Twitter employees exit after Elon Musk's 'hardcore' deadline (Financial Times)

Twitter faced a new wave of employee departures on Thursday, bringing fresh uncertainty about the social media platform's future after its new owner Elon ...

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As Twitter staff empties out, users fear the worst for platform (CNN)

On Thursday night, following another exodus of Twitter employees, the outage detection site Down Detector showed a spike in users reporting issues accessing ...

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Users Lose Confidence That Twitter Will Survive (Search Engine Journal)

Mass exodus of workers Thursday evening made it clear for many that Twitter was on the edge of disappearing, inspiring many to say goodbye as well as taking ...

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Musk Celebrates New Twitter Usage High as Engineers Flee ... (Bloomberg)

Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk tweeted out an upbeat message saying the company beat its all-time high in usage late Thursday, on a day when many employees ...

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#RIPTwitter is trending. Here's how to download your Twitter archive (CNBC)

When you download your Twitter archive, you're capturing a snapshot of all of your Twitter info starting with your very first Tweet. 1. Click on the more icon ...

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Elon's 'Hardcore Twitter' Plan Backfires With Resignations (Gizmodo)

Twitter employees might be too hardcore for Elon Musk: hundreds quit in response to his ultimatum of long hours.

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After Twitter planned to close offices for the day, Elon Musk asks ... (CNBC)

In the widely distributed emails, sent at the start of business on Friday, Musk called for "anyone who actually writes software," to report to Twitter HQ.

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Musk summons engineers to Twitter HQ as millions await platform's ... (The Washington Post)

Elon Musk issued an email call-to-arms to Twitter's remaining engineers to assemble at 2 p.m. as the site tries to adjust to the resignations of hundreds of ...

Twitter Tumult (Daring Fireball)

Kolide, endpoint security for teams that want to meet their SOC2 goals without sacrificing privacy. Twitter Tumult. Friday, 18 November 2022. If you had told me ...

Hundreds of employees leave Twitter after deadline (KOSU)

On Thursday, a number of Democratic senators called for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate a possible violation of a consumer privacy agreement.

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'Report at 2pm': Elon Musk makes new demand of Twitter staff (New Zealand Herald)

Elon Musk has sent a new and cryptic email to his shrinking Twitter workforce. Sent on Friday and directed at “anyone who actually writes software”, ...

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Twitter Is Collapsing, and Nothing Can Replace It (TIME)

On current course and speed, Elon Musk may break Twitter in ways that cannot be repaired, writes Roger McNamee.

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Elon Musk summons Twitter engineers to headquarters amid mass ... (The Guardian)

Reports show nearly 1200 workers left the company after an ultimatum that demanded 'long hours at high intensity'

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How likely is a complete Twitter meltdown? (KOSU)

Twitter employees who've quit say risks are growing of service outages, glitches and even hacks on the influential social network.

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Twitter Staff Wipeout Under Musk Spurs Fear Site Will Decay (Bloomberg)

Twitter Inc.'s mass exodus of employees leaves the platform vulnerable to a broad range of malfunctions. The social network will succumb to a major glitch ...

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How likely is a complete Twitter meltdown? (NPR)

Twitter employees who've quit say risks are growing of service outages, glitches and even hacks on the influential social network.

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Twitter risks fraying as engineers exit over Musk upheaval (1 News)

Hundreds of engineers and other workers quit after he demanded they pledge to “extremely hardcore” work by Friday or resign with severance pay.

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