Twitter To Begin Big Layoffs Friday

Advertisers and civil rights leaders alike are worried about the consequences of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Civil rights leaders shared their concern with Musk Tuesday -- Color of Change President Rashad Robinson tells us how it went.
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[@markthomas7279]

Fact checking the White House was great work. We have to hold politicians feet to the fire! All of them!! We need the truth.

[@AestheticSloth420]

Can we handle the truth?

[@CraigTodd924]

@@AestheticSloth420 Some can, others will be cowering in their safe spaces like little girls.

[@MAGApepe]

its NOT a layoff,,,, they are being F I R E D

[@rujiel4620]

Perhaps we should be happy that Elon is destroying it so quickly.

[@mikemannsongs5406]

no more twitter the more better

[@MothGirl007]

I hope it totally dies soon.

[@lindaschmidt1940]

I’m certain he has a plan. God bless Elon

[@Ryan-cv8sn]

Agreed........Twitter is definitely one of those entities that needs to be torn apart so it can be rebuilt and restructured.........

[@kuroexmachina]

time to SINK twitter

[@ozdigg9254]

"when we don't have information we can rely on" YES WE DO. It's that American citizens don't have the education they need to discriminate between lies and facts.

[@shinebrightlikeadiamond77]

100% correct

[@TheMangoMussolini]

Nailed it, Oz. The GQP has worked tirelessly for decades to dumb down the voters. With the cutbacks in teaching history, civics, and critical thinking they are now in a position to command the clueless sheep to vote for anyone and anything and to send money on demand.

[@RWSCOTT]

@@saintnash1 all that dark money doesn't hurt, either

[@davidcohen7106]

🦆 Five year of nonstop lies, 1,000's of Rumors, 10,000 Vague accusations... The Democrats and their Proven false witness...the Slander , libel ,The Constant Attacks on anyone who works or supports with the president. The Attacks on the former President's Family. All the Anonymous Leaks..years of Russia Russia Russia.

[@TheMangoMussolini]

@@davidcohen7106 Troll. Or immensely brain damaged. Take your pick.

[@paulcernava7091]

F..twitter.. Let's watch elon go down

[@garfield2439]

🤞🤞🤞

[@hankgutter8669]

i'm down for watching Musk go down

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

F twitter

[@carolross1517]

💯👍👍👍

[@aldoushuxleysghost]

More people have watched your mom go down

[@noonsound4894]

I would love if this was the beginning of the end of Twitter (& all social media for that matter). It's a curse on society....

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Indeed...

[@MothGirl007]

Totally agree.

[@gaywizard2000]

We agree but let me introduce you to Gen z!

[@b.t.2795]

Support your comments 100%!

[@thepotatofuhrer2991]

I don't blame my missteps on "Social media", 👈🤔...and I think everyone who does, should be locked up without a trial...

[@gf9912]

I see Twitter dying off.

[@annjohnson8437]

🤞 Yes, please! 🤞

[@zeldasmith6154]

He'll write it off.

[@CraigTodd924]

We can only hope.

[@cja1026]

Twitter is going to start layoffs Friday why not begin with Elon Musk .

[@gumz5661]

He's a billionaire, he can handle a layoff... Maybe they can learn to code

[@joeyharper4976]

🥴🤣🤣

[@unicornsquad923]

Another billionaire loosing his dam mind 😜

[@conconmom]

People need to stop buying his car

[@smallalien5860]

@Ned Steinberger come to Seattle.

[@gumz5661]

@Ned Steinberger denial is strong, is the border also secure?

[@crismcdonough2804]

@@gumz5661 I invite you to go to the border patrol page where they post how many immigrants they apprehend.. hot tip; apprehend means border not open.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

@@crismcdonough2804 apprehend means caught. has no bearing on the state of the border. nice try commie.

[@gumz5661]

@@crismcdonough2804 over 2 million and many are not caught lol enjoy your denial and mid terms

[@theone31man]

When I first heard about Twitter, I also heard that Donald Trump was on it. I decided it was something I was not interested in at all. That was one of my best decisions I have ever made.

[@alph8654]

Let Musk run his own business.

[@dannmarceau]

Who would want to work for him knowing he doesn't respect the employees; uses them as tools.

[@hankgutter8669]

sounds like your typical greedy billionaire CEO..but speaking about Musk..i have zero respect and regard for him

[@michaelj3414]

Yeah. Spreading joke memes about disgusting theories surrounding the brutal attack of another human being was where I drew the line. Even if he did end up taking it down.

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

People who have nowhere else to go.

[@yootoober2009]

Who is "him"? So, YOU know this, "he" does not respect employees? and pay their employees through merit and performance?

[@thepotatofuhrer2991]

This is "kickassery" 👈😁 at it's FINEST...

[@JohnnyPerth]

Twitter, the toilet of the internet

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

*FACT!*

[@carolross1517]

💯👍👍

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

I'm off years ago and am at peace. Don't need that crap or Facebook either in my life!

[@bryan805]

Pfizer pulling their ads is a big contribution toward saving lives.

[@JohnnyPerth]

😵‍💫

[@13bustah]

big deal

[@JohnnyPerth]

@Ned Steinberger false

[@persephonekajira7269]

Ok Cultist 👍

[@Bart_Fargo]

@@persephonekajira7269 ok Groomer.

[@BBradshawProductions]

Twitter a $44 billion company will soon be a $44 company run from someone's garage run by 1 person. 😂

[@jrowdygi1837]

Aw, did Elon take your safe zone away, guess your going to have to build your own or maybe try truth social, I hear the guy that runs it is great

[@garfield2439]

@@jrowdygi1837 😹😂

[@ajbudda1038]

@@jrowdygi1837 MAGA morons say the dumbest 💩. Truth Social is so good that investors pulled out from a $140 million dollar deal.

[@The_Cadaver]

@@jrowdygi1837 Nobody even uses Twitter in 2022.

[@yootoober2009]

This one person's garage is worth the combined worth of NASA, GM, Ford, Stellantis, and probably half the countries in this world - he knows how to run a business that does not require hardware, only good intention... Wanna bet against him?

[@Dovietail]

Anybody with ethics already has submitted their resignation. It's a good climate to quit your job in. No one has to put up with this assshat.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

a recession is a good time to quit? XD yikes....

[@gaywizard2000]

KZbin is my only social media, I have never been on Twitter, why do people still like it? I can understand tik tok. But really, what does anyone get out of Twitter???

[@SgtHawk13]

Different strokes for different folks I’m sure u know about that

[@gaywizard2000]

@@SgtHawk13 uh huh, doesn't answer my question tho. But you're just a Musk bot so I don't expect much!

[@adrianamatlack532]

I quit, just can't stand Musk.

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Me either. He screwed Johnny Depp's wife. What a scum.

[@carolross1517]

Same

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

youll be sorely missed

[@adrianamatlack532]

@@UniqueBreakfastTaco That is what MySpace said too.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

@@adrianamatlack532 someone's never heard of lifel0g

[@knowlesbetter2925]

I'm off, not a problem!

[@Ron-rk6iz]

Just stay away from Twitter and do not buy a Tesla car, bye bye Elon.

[@mr.m4853]

Elon now owns Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter and AOC 😆 🤣

[@crismcdonough2804]

No. AOC burned his little post. 😂

[@Bonjour-World]

"AOC" == AIDS Outreach Center, Fort Worth, Texas ???

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

great meme XD

[@mr.m4853]

@@crismcdonough2804 she got ratioed and embarrassed 😆 🤣

[@Top10sKpopMVs]

Twitter soon to be the new My Space... or even Friendster 2.0

[@fustercluck2460]

@Mark salty 🤣

[@unknownpresident]

😱Elton Musk lays off himself , Priceless

[@gumz5661]

As a billion he can afford it

[@unknownpresident]

@@gumz5661 - He owes banks - he accuracy cant afford twitter , as if he could he would have paid for it already .

[@tracevicente]

They have already done the layoffs it is all over twitter ☹️ apparently the lack of notice is against the law as well.

[@gaywizard2000]

Elon don't need man's law, he a God now!

[@crismcdonough2804]

@@gaywizard2000 he wishes 😂

[@CharlesLeeRay79]

Nope. It's called "at will employment" you can fire anyone at anytime as long as it isn't discriminatory 🤷‍♂️

[@Dragoninja]

I may have to quit Twitter.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

oh noes...they who will we mock?

[@billbarr3960]

this is great news - time to clear house.....lol

[@AKHKCZplus]

Thousands of useless employees gone, shareholder value increased.

[@cindyyeager8627]

I encourage as many people as possible to not use twitter on Friday. Please, show solidarity and get off twitter for a day.

[@lynnpaulovich920]

Exit stage right.

[@lynnpaulovich920]

One day? This isn't accountability. This is an excuse to lay off more people. Exit stage right.

[@pipedown1246]

I never had Twitter I didn't find it useful in my life

[@thepotatofuhrer2991]

No thanks, I'm voting for cheaper gas, lower inflation, and secure borders...👈🤔.. 🇺🇸... ..and we're "saving democracy"..👈🤔 🇺🇸

[@navoabey6047]

🤣🤣🤣

[@benjamindemontgomery6317]

America needs to spend more more money on mental health.

[@crismcdonough2804]

Twitter is circling the bowl.

[@CraigTodd924]

Finally...It's past due.

[@victorfinberg8595]

It's really important for Americans, in particular, to have a long, hard look at the meaning of "free speech" It was never intended to be abused by people with access to mass media technology for the purpose of spreading lies. You cannot continue to ignore this rampant abuse.

[@dryliss7639]

Correct.

[@toomuchlove1524]

I took at look at it and I still love free speech. Any party who feels threatened by it is a threat.

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

@@SingleTravelerNet no , not all speech is protected , defamation and hate speech are not protected under the american law ( the hate speech laws i find ridiculous but can't deny their existence, however i approve of the anti defamation laws, you can't use free speech to lie to about others and consciously giving others fake news

[@thomasward00]

@@eglantinepapeau1582 Who defines Hate Speech? Liberals right....

[@Phoenix-Cloud]

@@eglantinepapeau1582 Can you post a link to where the original free speech we were given says you can't say something hateful? Most of what you are talking about was stuff not originally defined and added by people who want to control free speech later. It is something that maybe should be removed because it should have never been there.

[@AriSiMom]

King musk doesn’t even know he wears no clothes .

[@andrewharris8439]

Everyone should just boycott Twitter so then it will be worthless.

[@Chic_Ken]

Just in time for Christmas. What a great guy

[@thepotatofuhrer2991]

"Kickassery", at it's FINEST...👈😁

[@jerryseinfeld1345]

It is great. They can now censor deeznutz

[@MH-YouTube-Controlled]

Exactly.

[@davidcohen7106]

I love the fact that twitter is laying off employees and coal mining is booming again here in Appalachia. Big billboards all over WV advertising mining jobs. Maybe the coders can learn to mine. 😅😅

[@MH-YouTube-Controlled]

@The Critic It's early in the morning but you are today's FTW comment. 👍

[@Alwaysherethere]

I left twitter about 2 yrs ago

[@Txepsiyu]

Another billionaire destroys his new toy.

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

it was destroyed a long time ago , now it's simply going to be transformed . no one likes a liberal hivemind , let the place have all the points of views, people who want a hivemind are free to leave and join reddit or tumblr

[@kevinmcmuhammad4841]

I'm watching this from Ireland 🇮🇪, God bless Elon, God protect freedom of speech Ireland for the irish 🇮🇪 LETS GO BRANDON 🇺🇸

[@florinstefan777]

Hi,McMuhammad! Johny McMubarak and McHammer greets you !

[@sclogse1]

You may remember Elon was asked to step down as CEO of Tesla.

[@polarbearsrus6980]

I want him to step off... the planet!!!!

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

By whom? Impossible btw he controls 20% of the company He can be removed but he's the whole bloody Reason it's valuable

[@EdgeOfNowhere2024]

Just find another job , like they said to the pipeline workers

[@professordick4868]

Capitalisms is so great!! Especially when it cannibalizes its self.

[@kuroexmachina]

at this point, all employees should just leave and SINK twitter. we don't need this cesspool of a platform

[@garyperkovac1002]

A JERK... IS A JERK... IS A JERK... NO MATTER HOW MUCH LOOT YA HAVE.... ...DO GIVE IT UP, MUSK...

[@lairddougal3833]

Watch the value of that site evaporate! No remorse!

[@ruthanneperry1623]

Interesting I wonder what it will do to their service

[@williamfranz9872]

Using democracy and civil rights to defeat democracy and civil rights.

[@Channel--Ai]

Elon should charge 100 a month for blue checks

[@nobrainer5481]

Fire them all and lock them up for violating American constitution! How dare to mess American law!

[@noinfo326]

The people who condone this are obviously republicans! How much are you going to love twitter when you have to pay a monthly fee?

[@noinfo326]

Oh right none of you need to be verified cuz your not famous. But just wait there will be a monthly fee for everyone.

[@pipedown1246]

They'll just go to trump site and then he'll do the same thing if not higher

[@missd369]

...but can't pay for it because the boss just laid you off.

[@thepotatofuhrer2991]

Not if I don't use it...👈😁

[@joeyharper4976]

Democrats couldn't be more hypocritical if they tried.

[@OG213LA]

Finally unbiased thought police!!!!

[@jjohnston1552]

You work for a free speech platform that has been censoring the words and the people that don't match the platform's beliefs...and you're SHOCKED when your job comes to an end. Makes my stomach hurt...from laughing.

[@1ksweatyrikers455]

layoffs have already begun

[@abcatos]

Blunder. This will take him down

[@Sadoutoofunny]

Ahhh Free speech 😮‍💨

[@markbrown4080]

So happy to see these people laid off. Carma is being served..

[@oddjam]

Well-oiled machine. It's almost like the needs of a corporate social media platform are antagonistic to the wants of it's user base. WEIRD.

[@music4ever4100]

Elon Musk planning to hire Kanye West as Corporate Affairs Spokesperson !

[@SS-gh1wh]

Go Elon! Take out the trash!

[@cdelane3335]

Don't look like Twitter is the only place laying off. Why would you think they need more if Amazon and Meta are laying off

[@music4ever4100]

I wonder who helped Elon determine who stays and who remains. Don't let a corporation steal your youth and soul! Become independent!

[@AAA-tk8sk]

The postings speak for themselves!!! That is EXACTLY HOW the determinations were made!!!

[@heaven4Now26]

Avoid big companies.

[@bloggeranonymous9400]

twitter should become end of elon.

[@davidcohen7106]

What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

[@walden6272]

I'm surprise Conan O'brien would say something like that.

[@seymourbutts4654]

Soft hands weak back Elon looks like he'd have a tough time crushing a soda can.

[@CraigTodd924]

@@walden6272 😂😂😂

[@teri7154]

Isn’t Elon moving his Headquarters. He’ll probably hire new staff from that location. Lay offs happen everyday in the real world

[@innocentrage1]

Twitter and Facebook/Meta won't be here in 5 years. Its become the "social media of boomers," the younger generation left them for tiktok and other new and exciting apps. Now they have to adapt but they have no new or good ideas. At least Apple transitioned to the ipod, itunes and iphone to keep their sinking ship afloat and then be profitable once again. I don't see it for these companies.

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Can't wait for Facebook to be history.

[@MothGirl007]

@@JohnDoe-vy5hh Long overdue.

[@gaywizard2000]

I'm not even young and I know this! I'm Elon s age actually!

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

Tik Tok is trash , but it's good that it's there to contain all the lunatics . the bitter twittos who hate Elon can go there as well /

[@innocentrage1]

@@eglantinepapeau1582 twitter is basically a text messaging service dude. Have fun paying 8 bucks for a stupid blue check mark

[@eaglesdefense812]

Layoffs just in time for Thanksgiving! Why the rush? Hmm...🤔🤔🤔

[@michaelferron4777]

Never used it! Never will.

[@DustyNickelz]

Learn to code.

[@thecardio]

Dusty Nickel has a rusty pickle. That's why you're so mad!

[@MJ2A]

@@thecardio Huh?

[@margaretcusmano4438]

I was hoping he would be good for everyone that worked for Twitter I hoped he would stop lies that Fox news does

[@mr.pizzamarlon]

I hope E ready to pay another 44 billion to all the employees he laid off.

[@kateskeys]

Cancel musk

[@JR-tn4xt]

Elon musk is brilliant! He has brought more innovation to the table than most countries.

[@h.w.6563]

You mean the companies he bought did, right? Please don't tell me you think he's coming up with all the stuff his companies do...

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@h.w.6563 He founded Spacex. He was the first angel investor in Tesla when it had 3 people and sold ZERO cars. He's one the greatest entrepreneurs ever

[@h.w.6563]

​@@TheMagicJIZZ So? He still isn't the person doing the innovation, he's paying others so he can claim he invented whatever they come up with. A modern day Edison, and people are still falling for the same old trick.

[@JR-tn4xt]

@@h.w.6563 Do you even know how difficult it is to do what Musk has done? Multiple billion-dollar companies, not me-too companies, a space company that competes and outperforms NASA. Musk has degrees in Physics and Economics. I have an engineering degree and understand the challenges of R&D and new product development... I've been in the industry for over 30 years....and you? I thought so..... if you think it is so easy .... what companies have you bought and had others create success for you? As far as the people, as you put it "he's paying ...", ....it should be pretty easy for them to start their own company and not include Musk ..... why didnt they do that? Please answer...

[@h.w.6563]

@@JR-tn4xt The answer you are looking for is money. Why don't I or his employees buy or create these companies? Because we don't have enough money to do it.

[@THENITROFU]

Boo hooo😭I lost my little safe space job, what are we Wokers gonna do now

[@wesleyc.4937]

When you think "Hot Potato" is a game of monopoly.

[@seymourbutts4654]

"You just won a free oven mitt !" Navin R. Johnson

[@DeRussellMasina]

Kyrie did not do any hate speech.

[@elizeleroux6388]

Why are the previous owners of Twitter not responsible for the people that works for them. why should the new owner like Musk be responsible for their wages and notices, surely the previous owners has way amount of money in their own pockets, why does an attorney even mention as if Musk is supposed to be responsible, if i buy a building i can give notice the way i want if i take over

[@3535Otto]

Fear mongering? Isn't fear what Mr. Rashad is selling?

[@goobeangoo3553]

well aint that musky

[@Moore_cookies51]

PULL THE COVERS BACK, TRUTH EXPOSED! TELL THE TRUTH MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. "TRUTH MATTERS!"

[@Moore_cookies51]

@@saintnash1 I SEE IT TRIGGERED YOUR IGNORANCE. YOU SAW THAT!

[@lautaroaguilar9584]

Im enjoying the liberal meltdown.

[@tonymccraw3853]

Twitter's gonna be really big on Mars.

[@abmia77]

Don’t like it? Buy your own platform.

[@GG-kf8ox]

Well done 👏 ✔️, delighted he has got rid off 250 Irish so called workers ,, From ireland 🇮🇪 👏,, Trump 2024

[@ianmangham4570]

Sack em all 😀

[@lincolnapacheavila8058]

TWEET TWEET TWEET BORING!

[@seantonnesen1636]

go Musk. Fire all those cancel culture leftest and start hiring fair minded employees.

[@tennesseejed5654]

Here's your pink slip. Go apply for food stamps.

[@harris7963]

Color of Change President? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@tatuloa]

He is gonna replace them with A I , Like his public trading platform sold in Canada ...

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Musk is the owner. I don't see Trump on Twitter. Bwaaaahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!

[@dryliss7639]

Good riddance. Hello FREE SPEECH!

[@jamesjones999]

So glad to see that an African American owns twitter!

[@eldenringer6466]

So hes going to try to influence the election? And how is that not a crime? About time the government started holding social media platforms accountable.

[@enckidoofalling4519]

Screws everyone guess they can’t afford to buy a Tesla for Christmas

[@yannip2083]

Is it true that Elon is draining the swamp of quiet quitters?

[@SadPuppySoup]

He's letting his AI take over twitter (free testing) That's what I think

[@TimmyTheTinman]

I don’t understand this jealousy for Elon Musk, and I think this is what it boils down too at the end of the day. There trying to make Twitter look like it’s failing even though Elon said that Twitter doesn’t need a lot of those employees, I can’t wait to see the technological advances he can achieve

[@droid4369]

It's because Elon has some slightly conservative political tendencies, and most of his critics are extremely liberal. They want all of this to be political and they want him to fail big and quickly.

[@davidcohen7106]

$15 an hour at McDonald's!!! Applications accepted!

[@walden6272]

@@davidcohen7106 They haven't adjusted for inflation yet? Should be $25/hr now.

[@noinfo326]

@@droid4369 🤣🤣🤣That is hilarious because of his slightly conservative political tendencies but the liberals are extremely liberal. 🤣🤣🤣People don't like him because of who he is.

[@droid4369]

@@noinfo326 Oh well that narrows it down. Thanks for the clarification.

[@TheMysticBohemian]

He purchased the company, why call it a take over? He did want to back out at one point and they took him to court to force the sale. All the things he's done in the past??? Like Tesla EVs, Tesla solar power systems, Starlink, Paypal?? Might I remind you, he owns the company, he may do with is as he pleases. Saying mean things to or about someone only seems to be a problem for you when the speaker isn't a democrat. How is it you do not understand that he was under no obligation to meet with these people? Social Media is not responsible for election integrity. That is the job of the election boards in each state.

[@TheMysticBohemian]

@@saintnash1 😂😂😂 I'm crazy for stating facts? Or is it that I asked questions? Exercising your right to free speech?

[@charleslewis9871]

Msnbc the king of disinformation.

[@rodcoulter997]

WOKE be gone…good. A 90% layoff would be much better.