Is this it for 'X' (the app formerly known as Twitter)?

ScorpioBeauty09

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Twitter is in trouble in Europe. Privacy laws are practically nonexistent in the US but Europe is the gold standard on privacy. And when Elon Musk got rid of the Data Protection Office he violated a core tenant of the GDPR to have at least one Data Protection Officer. Twitter claims Ireland as its main establishment and works with Ireland's Data Protection Commission which is Europe's key privacy regulatory body. Working with Ireland's DPC as many tech firms with customers do, allows Twitter to avoid having to work bilaterally with 27 different countries on privacy. But this is such a core violation of the GDPR that the DPC has put Twitter on notice and has the power to levy fines. GDPR fines can amount to up to 4% of yearly revenue. If Twitter loses its ability to claim Ireland as its main establishment, that exposes it to the other EU members' data privacy commissions in Germany and France which are much stricter on big tech. Ireland's been criticized for being soft.

 

awhyley

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Today's the day. The deadline has come (right before Thanksgiving and Christmas)

Elon Musk Gives Twitter Employees a Deadline to Stay or Leave​

Mr. Musk said that workers would need to answer through an online form by late Thursday and that those who stayed would be “working long hours at high intensity.”
Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him.

By Kate Conger
Nov. 16, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him, and he asked those who did not share his vision to leave their jobs, in his latest shock treatment of the social media company.
Mr. Musk made the announcement in an early-morning email to employees on Wednesday; The New York Times obtained the message, which had the subject line “A Fork in the Road.” In the note, Mr. Musk, 51, reiterated that Twitter faced a difficult road ahead and offered employees three months of severance if they did not want to continue working there “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”

The billionaire has been unrelenting in rapidly transforming Twitter since completing his $44 billion acquisition of the company nearly three weeks ago. Mr. Musk swiftly slashed half of Twitter’s 7,500 person work force, dismissed thousands of contractors, fired employees who had criticized him and trimmed infrastructure costs. He has also proclaimed that Twitter needs to make more money or it faces bankruptcy. And he has pushed on subscription products and alternately wooing and insulting Twitter’s advertisers.

Giving remaining employees a deadline to leave has the dual effect of allowing Mr. Musk to further cut costs and purge the company of disgruntled workers. Mr. Musk has brought in a circle of confidants and employees from some of his other companies, such as the electric carmaker Tesla, to advise him at Twitter.

More here - Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/technology/elon-musk-twitter-employee-deadline.html
 

Evolving78

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Today's the day. The deadline has come (right before Thanksgiving and Christmas)

Elon Musk Gives Twitter Employees a Deadline to Stay or Leave​

Mr. Musk said that workers would need to answer through an online form by late Thursday and that those who stayed would be “working long hours at high intensity.”
Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him.

By Kate Conger
Nov. 16, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him, and he asked those who did not share his vision to leave their jobs, in his latest shock treatment of the social media company.
Mr. Musk made the announcement in an early-morning email to employees on Wednesday; The New York Times obtained the message, which had the subject line “A Fork in the Road.” In the note, Mr. Musk, 51, reiterated that Twitter faced a difficult road ahead and offered employees three months of severance if they did not want to continue working there “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”

The billionaire has been unrelenting in rapidly transforming Twitter since completing his $44 billion acquisition of the company nearly three weeks ago. Mr. Musk swiftly slashed half of Twitter’s 7,500 person work force, dismissed thousands of contractors, fired employees who had criticized him and trimmed infrastructure costs. He has also proclaimed that Twitter needs to make more money or it faces bankruptcy. And he has pushed on subscription products and alternately wooing and insulting Twitter’s advertisers.

Giving remaining employees a deadline to leave has the dual effect of allowing Mr. Musk to further cut costs and purge the company of disgruntled workers. Mr. Musk has brought in a circle of confidants and employees from some of his other companies, such as the electric carmaker Tesla, to advise him at Twitter.

More here - Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/technology/elon-musk-twitter-employee-deadline.html
I just read an article and came here. He said the bird is all about software and servers, so that will be the main focus.. That’s why he thinks he can just pull software developers and engineers from anywhere and make fetch happen..
 

NaturalEnigma

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Today's the day. The deadline has come (right before Thanksgiving and Christmas)

Elon Musk Gives Twitter Employees a Deadline to Stay or Leave​

Mr. Musk said that workers would need to answer through an online form by late Thursday and that those who stayed would be “working long hours at high intensity.”
Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him.

By Kate Conger
Nov. 16, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him, and he asked those who did not share his vision to leave their jobs, in his latest shock treatment of the social media company.
Mr. Musk made the announcement in an early-morning email to employees on Wednesday; The New York Times obtained the message, which had the subject line “A Fork in the Road.” In the note, Mr. Musk, 51, reiterated that Twitter faced a difficult road ahead and offered employees three months of severance if they did not want to continue working there “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”

The billionaire has been unrelenting in rapidly transforming Twitter since completing his $44 billion acquisition of the company nearly three weeks ago. Mr. Musk swiftly slashed half of Twitter’s 7,500 person work force, dismissed thousands of contractors, fired employees who had criticized him and trimmed infrastructure costs. He has also proclaimed that Twitter needs to make more money or it faces bankruptcy. And he has pushed on subscription products and alternately wooing and insulting Twitter’s advertisers.

Giving remaining employees a deadline to leave has the dual effect of allowing Mr. Musk to further cut costs and purge the company of disgruntled workers. Mr. Musk has brought in a circle of confidants and employees from some of his other companies, such as the electric carmaker Tesla, to advise him at Twitter.

More here - Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/technology/elon-musk-twitter-employee-deadline.html
I cannot imagine the level of anxiety these workers are getting while trying to do their job and getting these insane emails.
 
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