Can Twitter survive Elon Musk? (And can Musk survive Twitter?)
GuardianNov 25, 2022
Report: Twitter Asks Some Terminated Workers to Return
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The Facts
After laying off roughly half of Twitter's employees late last week, the company is now reportedly reaching out to dozens who lost their jobs and asking them to return.
Some employees being asked to return reportedly were laid off by mistake. Others were allegedly terminated before leadership recognized that the employees have critical skills to support the functionality enhancements being driven by new owner Elon Musk.
The Spin
Right narrative
Musk's acquisition is a real opportunity for Twitter to become free of biased censorship. With the billionaire entrepreneur at the helm, Musk can retain the general code of conduct to fight deceitful foreign influences while also allowing the marketplace of ideas to flourish, freeing it from so-called "fact checkers" with ill intentions.
Left narrative
While billionaires like Elon Musk may have the money to buy and influence social media platforms, they don't possess the character to manage them properly. Musk's Twitter history reveals an erratic personality with the potential to vastly alter the market with a single tweet simply to advance self-interests. With Twitter set to have no barriers to what can or cannot be said, the app is looking like a disaster waiting to happen.
