Elon Musk steps up purge of Twitter engineers who criticise him


In the past 24 hours, an estimated dozen or so employees have been let go after openly rebuking Musk, who has called himself a ‘free speech absolutist’, according to two people familiar with the matter. — Reuters

What began as the firing of two longtime Twitter Inc engineers after they criticised their new boss has turned into a purge, as Elon Musk clamps down on internal and external dissent.

In the past 24 hours, an estimated dozen or so employees have been let go after openly rebuking Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist”, according to two people familiar with the matter. Musk and Twitter haven’t confirmed the firings, but employees have been monitoring the situation through public tweets and private messages.

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