Twitter slashes nearly half its workforce as Musk admits ‘massive drop’ in revenue

Claims that the social media platform's entire curation team was dismissed prompts fears content could become more toxic'

Elon Musk ended his first week as Twitter's owner with an indelible mark by slashing, by some estimates, up to half of the company's workforce with little notice and abruptly cutting off employees' access to their computers and work systems.

Many employees spent the day tweeting their goodbyes, as Musk revealed brands had begun pulling their advertisements, leading to what he said was a massive drop in revenue". He tweeted late Friday the cuts were needed as unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day".