Elon Musk is wasting no time digging into his role as chief twit and emphasis on twit at Twitter. After firing four executives, like you said, must team met with remaining executives over the weekend for conversations about staffing and content moderation. The Washington Post reports their plans to lay off initially 25% of Twitter's workforce to start. David Sachs and Jason Gallagannis appeared in company's directory with titles, Staff Software Engineer and official and have official company emails.
From a misinformation scandal to a so-called trolling campaign, Kara and Scott discuss the first few days of Elon Musk's Twitter. Also, Apple beat earnings expectations, but how long can it depend on iPhone sales? Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case brought by the FTC, and Lula da Silva takes back the Brazilian presidency. Friend of Pivot Margaret Sullivan talks about the state of journalism and her new book, Newsroom Confidential.
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