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Elon Musk’s lawyer: Twitter employees aren’t personally at risk over its liabilities to the FTC

Jay Peters and Alex HeathNov 11, 2022

Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees

A week after ordering mass layoffs, Musk took questions from Twitter’s remaining staff for nearly an hour. Here’s everything he said.

Alex HeathNov 11, 2022

Twitter loses exec leading trust and safety, but not its head of ad sales

Jay Peters and Alex HeathNov 10, 2022

Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of massive fines, warns employees

Meanwhile, Musk’s personal lawyer is telling people that, ‘Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.’

Alex HeathNov 10, 2022

Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to prepare for ‘difficult times ahead’ and ends remote work

James Vincent and Alex HeathNov 10, 2022

Alex HeathNov 10, 2022

Meta lays off Gary from Chicago.

Back in July, during an internal Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg, a recruiter at Meta introduced himself as “Gary from Chicago” and asked if the company planned to keep the extra vacation days it introduced during the pandemic. The exchange was featured prominently in a story I wrote with David Pierce at the time about the cultural reckoning happening inside Meta as it was bracing for tougher times ahead.

Fast forward to today, and Meta has just laid off 11,000 employees, the most of any big tech companies to date. I’ve been able to confirm that Gary from Chicago was, sadly, one of those laid off. 🫡

Zuck turns up the heat

Alex Heath and David Pierce

Jul 26

Alex HeathNov 7, 2022

You may be able to keep your Twitter blue checkmark for free after all.

Twitter’s revamped Blue subscription that adds paid verification for $8 a month “will not affect existing verified accounts at this time,” according to a company FAQ for advertisers I obtained today.

The original plan for the new Blue plan expected this week was to require that already-verified users also pay or lose their checkmarks after 90 days. As with anything Elon Musk is involved in, plans are always subject to change — especially if Stephen King gets involved.