hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an email to the personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. a mixed range of emotions, certainly upset, certa
and around the world. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of the twitter employees laid off today. instead, he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told via an email to the personal their personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of speculation. a mixed range of emotions. certainly upset,
hello, welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. but president biden has said the tycoon had bought an outfit that spewed lies across the world. many big firms have paused their advertising on twitter while uncertainty about its content controls remains. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of twitter employees laid off today. instead, he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told via an email to their personal accounts that it was their
he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. but president biden has said the tycoon has bought an outfit that spews lies across the world . many big firms have paused their advertising on twitter while uncertainty about its content controls remains. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of twitter employees laid off today. instead, he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told via an email to their personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of speculation. a mixed range of emotions. certainly
amnesty international has a warning for the world, at the u.s. supreme court does in fact overturn roe v. wade. i mean that theme, it saturday night, let s get started. one week ago, a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in buffalo new york, killing ten black people in what the justice department is now investigating as a hate crime. an active racially motivated violent extremism. but what happened in that supermarket is part of a much larger and dangerous trend in united states. according to the anti-defamation league, according to the last decade, there have been 443 murders by people or groups identified as political extremists. left wing extremists were responsible for 4% of those murders, islamic extremists accounted for 20%. but the group responsible for the largest percentage, by far, right wing extremism, who carried out 75% of the murders. so think about this for a moment. while political violence is an american problem, one we all have to reckon with, there is no