Musk claims ‘activist groups’ pressuring advertisers into Twitter exodus

> due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists

Of course it has nothing to do with the uncertainty created by his actions and his style in general. Must be those pesky activists.

"Which teams have been laid off at Twitter?"

"The human rights team has been laid off, according to a now former employee, Shannon Raj Singh, who said the team worked to protect those at risk in global conflicts, including in Ukraine, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.

The ML (machine learning) Ethics, Transparency and Accountability team is gone, according to a tweet of a laid-off manager.

The “internet technology team”, which helps keep the site running, has been cut to “a skeleton crew”, two sources told the Times.

An accessibly experience engineering team has been cut, according to a laid-off engineering manager.

The curation team, responsible for the Moments feature on Twitter, has also been cut, former employees reported.

Twitter’s communications department is almost entirely gone, according to the Verge.

Other areas that have been heavily impacted, the Verge reported, include product trust and safety, policy, research and social good."