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
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often. let s talk about some of the business often. let s talk about some of the business aspects often. let s talk about some of the business aspects of - often. let s talk about some of the business aspects of this. . the business aspects of this. mr musk says twitter was losing $4 million a day. since his takeover, several companies are boycotted the firm, pulled their advertisements. can they be enticed back by the company s new owner? be enticed back by the coman s new owner? ~ ., company s new owner? well, from elon musk s company s new owner? well, from elon musk s perspective company s new owner? well, from elon musk s perspective that - company s new owner? well, from elon musk s perspective that is - elon musk s perspective that is what one would hope, even though, of course, the timing of these advertising clients pausing their advertising is not great for twitter given that it not great for twitter given thatitis not great for twitter given that it is going through
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