The sale of Twitter to Elon Musk is complete, and the first people the new boss is throwing out the window are the company's top diversity, security, and safety executives.
Elon Musk became Twitter’s owner late Thursday as his $44 billion deal to take over the company officially closed, marking a new era for one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.
As one of his first moves, he fired several longtime top Twitter executives, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. One of those confirmed the deal was complete.
Chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust, and safety, were let go, according to the people. Sean Edgett, the company’s general counsel, was also pushed out, one of the people said. The top executives were hastily escorted out of the company’s San Francisco headquarters.
Musk’s moves late Thursday signal his intentions to firmly put his stamp on Twitter. Musk has publicly criticized the company’s outgoing management over product decisions and content moderation, as well as saying he would restore former president Donald Trump’s account.
Still, “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!” Musk tweeted Thursday, in a post offering assurances to advertisers.
Late in the evening, he tweeted, “the bird is freed.”
Trump will almost certainly be reinstated soon, if not over the weekend. The company's safety protocols are already gone, judging from the abusive harassment already being reported this morning. By the end of the year, Twitter will absolutely be the hellhole Musk promised that it wouldn't become.
Which is entirely the point. He put himself in an unwinnable position over ego, and eventually he's going to lose and lose big.
Watch the tire fire get out of control real fast.
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