Twitter brings back some wrongful terminations...delays blue check mark changes until after the US midterm elections
Twitter fired half of its employees last Friday, after Elon Musk bought it for 44 billion dollars, and Reuters quoted a report by Bloomberg that the company is now communicating with dozens of employees it fired last week and asked them to return.
According to a report, some employees who were asked to return were dismissed by mistake.
Citing people familiar with these moves, it was reported that some employees were let go before the Twitter management realized that their work and experience were necessary to build the new ideas envisioned by Musk.
Yoel Roth, the head of the company's integrity and Safety Department, challenged in a tweet this week that Twitter recently fired 50% of its employees, including employees working in the trust and safety team.
Here are the facts about where Twitter’s Trust & Safety and moderation capacity stands today:
— Yoel Roth (@yoyoel) November 4, 2022
tl;dr: While we said goodbye to incredibly talented friends and colleagues yesterday, our core moderation capabilities remain in place.
Tweets from employees of Twitter Company continued that the teams responsible for communications, content framing, machine learning ethics and human rights were among those teams that were dismissed, there are some of the production and engineering teams.
Twitter announced on Saturday the launch of an update of its application in the Apple App Store, as the first step to start charging 8 dollars for blue verification marks, as the first change made by Elon Musk to the social media platform.
Twitter delays blue check mark changes until after the US midterm elections
In a news story about the New York Times on Sunday, Twitter will resort to imposing a monthly fee of 8 dollars on Twitter users to document the blue verification mark until after the US elections next Tuesday.
For its part, Reuters reported that Twitter has not yet come out with a comment on the matter.
The midterm elections were scheduled to be held on Tuesday, to determine who will be the majority in Congress between Republicans and Democrats led by current US President Joe Biden.
These changes in the verification process of Twitter came a week after Elon Musk acquired the social media platform in a deal estimated to be worth 44 billion dollars.
On the first of November, Elon Musk described the current Twitter System, which distinguishes the owners of the" blue mark "from others, as mere"nonsense".
Elon Musk explained that the blue mark authentication fees will vary from country to country, pointing out that those who pay 8 dollars will have many advantages on the platform.
And they will be able to share longer videos, as well as audio recordings, and they will have a 50% lower ad back feature.
Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of integrity and safety, said in a tweet last week that Twitter had recently fired 50% of its employees, including employees in the safety and support team.
American billionaire Elon Musk explained the decision to dismiss employees on Saturday, that there was no other option for the company but to reduce the number of its employees, and it costs the company losses estimated at more than 4 million dollars a day.
Last Saturday, Twitter announced a monthly subscription service for a monthly amount of 8 dollars, and these accounts allow the "blue mark" after verifying their data.
Twitter has updated its app on the Apple App Store and is starting to charge 8 dollars a month for documenting blue verification marks.
The Twitter application has
become reminding users on iPhone phones with a message containing "get
Twitter blue for 7.99 dollars a month if you register now".