The world’s largest social-networking company in November already laid off 11,000 people, or 13% of its staff, in wide reaching cuts designed to improve its financial performance.
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The company’s decision to withdraw the ban means Trump can soon reach tens of millions of followers across the two services as he makes another bid for the White House.
Last week Twitter owner Elon Musk suspended an account that posted the location of private jets, suggesting that it was tweeting out "assassination coordinates.”
The accounts of reporters from various publications were listed as blocked and their tweets were no longer visible.
The warning came amid a tumultuous start to Musk’s reign at the social media company — a two-week period in which he has fired half of Twitter’s staff.
The company said that while reductions will happen across the company, its recruiting team will be disproportionately affected.
Musk has already axed much of Twitter’s leadership and plans to be CEO himself in the immediate term, according to sources.
Behind the scenes, Twitter’s lawyers raced to verify Musk’s renewed affinity for the deal, checking whether he had indeed asked lenders for the money they had earlier committed.
For Twitter, proceeding with Musk’s plan augurs a future under a mercurial billionaire who has spent months publicly criticizing its management.
